heh, only now did I realize the date of the past On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 8:07 AM John O'Meara wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 8:06 AM John O'Meara > wrote: > >> While I initially didn't like the 2.4 name changes, perhaps I (and >> others) just need tinge to get used too it. > > > that should have been "time", not "tinge". The perils of writing email on > a phone :-( > > Perhaps it would be useful to have a period of time where the old names >> are used for the programs and the new names are symlinks to the old names? >> Existing scripts would still work while we experiment with the new naming >> convention. >> >> -- >> John O'Meara >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 6:39 AM Laurent Bercot >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> execline-2.5.0.0 is out. >>> >>> It is with a very heavy heart that I must do this release. >>> User reports have come in by the hundreds and they are almost >>> unanimous (sorry, Colin): they don't like the 2.4.0.0 change, >>> pretending it hurts readability (as if), and writability too, >>> of execline scripts. (What? People were actually writing execline >>> scripts? Why haven't I heard of them before yesterday?) >>> They want a revert to the old syntax. >>> >>> Users. They never know what they want. They can't be happy. Give them >>> what they ask for and they immediately start complaining about the >>> opposite of what they were complaining before. They're a plague on >>> software authors everywhere. I swear, computer programming would be >>> so much easier if there were no users at all! >>> >>> But since programming is about being a slave to your users, I hear >>> them, and I submit. I'm reverting the change introduced in 2.4.0.0. >>> execline commands will keep the names they had in 2.3.0.4 and previous >>> versions. >>> >>> I'm such a misunderstood genius. >>> >>> The main difference between 2.3.0.4 and 2.5.0.0, though, is that >>> the "import" command has been removed. From 2.5.0.0 on, execline and >>> ImageMagick should not conflict anymore. Make sure your execline >>> scripts have been converted to using "importas"! >>> >>> https://skarnet.org/software/execline/ >>> git://git.skarnet.org/execline >>> >>> Enjoy, >>> Bug-reports welcome. >>> >>> -- >>> Laurent >>> >>>