Nov. 10, 2012
12:04 a.m.
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, Robert Elz wrote:
But why do we care about GNU standards? Sure, POSIX, and IEEE C make sense to follow, but GNU?? Why??
The whole idea of --help and --version options is a GNU standard. Given that those options originate in GNU standards, it makes sense to follow the GNU standards in what they output. -- Joseph S. Myers joseph@codesourcery.com