Re: [PATCH] Remove redistributed "Blame Lee E. McMahon" shell comment

"Zack Weinberg" <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:23:53 -0500

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, at 4:52 AM, Harmen Stoppels via Patches for autoconf - the GNU build system wrote:
> The shell comment `# Blame Lee E. McMahon (1931-1989) for sed's
> syntax. :-)` is redistributed in all release tarballs of all autotools
> packages since 2001.

Lee Edward McMahon was the original author of the `sed` utility.

I don't have a strong opinion here but it actually seems like a humorous
tribute to me and worth preserving.

zw