From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general/2376 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "John O'Meara" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general,gmane.comp.sysutils.skaware Subject: Re: [announce] execline-2.5.0.0 Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:12:35 +0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f0692a0568dc81d4" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1522671045 31580 195.159.176.226 (2 Apr 2018 12:10:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 12:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "skaware@list.skarnet.org" , "supervision@list.skarnet.org" To: Laurent Bercot Original-X-From: supervision-return-1967-gcsg-supervision=m.gmane.org@list.skarnet.org Mon Apr 02 14:10:40 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcsg-supervision@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from alyss.skarnet.org ([95.142.172.232]) by blaine.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f2yIJ-00086N-OK for gcsg-supervision@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:10:39 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 14698 invoked by uid 89); 2 Apr 2018 12:13:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact supervision-help@list.skarnet.org; run by ezmlm Original-Sender: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 14683 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2018 12:13:13 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=J5FPiG8/ywmcuwjARE3YUOnP1M12SeYG7AM64paJ9Q0=; b=GGhIO2HeZprBj5cKfoV161P9tBq+zu2D+Fkyy/EnGln5/vKIhZ4+MhRuR7XdTtW95e 6m46kic3E12M7DZPj8Lp69qpaqqoF79fD8Pt/W5sTm2+opQ0y2yqKw/5FpvClgin6HuK e+i6Sr6hvOgOdJXpa172DaXMM6eONc0X8zu3zCRS767ocA2sllySk7WZ4s52haU+ygTN buM+8JCrz+J7HutZISfVn/bjb1OnvlM19yq7nKnJa35SLAqwy2cLCxVlY/mWOjgimazI dOR62lvXNDXky2pj+GIQCLf/CfSUP+uHFNCspxUYef8aBdyS/DfD9WPyNQy3xx81fkk8 ht4Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=J5FPiG8/ywmcuwjARE3YUOnP1M12SeYG7AM64paJ9Q0=; b=ulbjFqmbuxJ8mZXL4jNwbvDDrjBsHXwvtRWwUgOfZaErYcuIkUNI6jNwjaek7t9uB4 +npRZ5SyD3Hr+r54QdJ6olHxhGIOC+AB2VFWnm59berutu4fexpk8doRg4fp4ebyIdt9 1PNl2zhtgFID1bkx3FcXICWROwz1hxAOzSeQzMRVJcbwC0kG4RFb/3lUG1XC75654kfA MVVtSiIeotaHq2Jj38V0s4JTHodW6Qg06nRgCq3QqoDh3+Nr3D0yhJbj3FnjIt1tYMzd VnxLdE1hKaR8+vAG/b+iVsbLww+InjqVH3E4xNHTlVhhUIR3KeKtfMqfRHxMiu8kwxQ0 xLpw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tC/1El/ngNBSl3PWdklna0WCgDn2sTnAAVpCbHKByRoKPrYQo1A OB1IkKHuJZWJpdn8E3ZNstbc72yh0wZyd1lT1yA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx48nO2PtX1uOrOR5wt5Tj25HDQyxM9So2SJlXWjptIbd5Ca0w3WJIy8Ky+LQkQm9vmpC+pM3d64nMMuDr1da+CE= X-Received: by 2002:a24:4c47:: with SMTP id a68-v6mr759634itb.139.1522671165661; Mon, 02 Apr 2018 05:12:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general:2376 gmane.comp.sysutils.skaware:230 Archived-At: --000000000000f0692a0568dc81d4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 >>> >>> --000000000000f0692a0568dc81d4--