Re: dar man page and -aa feature

On Wednesday 14 March 2007 22:25, Denis Corbin wrote:

> Wiebe Cazemier wrote:
>> Hey,
> 
> Hello,
> 
>> 
>> A while ago, you agreed with me to switch the default behaviour of dar from
>> -ac (--alter=ctime) to -aa (--alter=atime). I just installed dar 2.3.3 and I
>> noticed -ac is still the default behaviour. I thought it was already
>> implemented. Can you shed some light on this?
> 
> Sure. This is even implemented, but is still in the current development
> version. Release 2.3.3, 2.3.2, 2.3.1 only bring bug fix to the 2.3.0.
> This let me provide release with less intensive testing. You will have
> to wait for release 2.4.0, I am sorry for the delay.
> 
> You must consider the time I impose for the testing of a major release.
> - I would not be satisfied of my work if I would released a buggy software
> - I would have a lot of support requests which would eat my all my time
> and would avoid me doing more interesting things like adding new features.
> 
>> 
>> Also, I provided a patch for the man page which better explains -aa and -ac.
>> I can remember getting a message the patch was applied, but the man page is
>> not updated yet.
> 
> This patch on the man page is also in the development version. (You can
> get it from CVS, but please don't use it for backing up your system as
> some new feature will be added before release 2.4.0 that will break
> backward compatibility from the current development version to the next
> development version, backward compatibility is assured from release to
> release, not between two development versions).
> 
> I am sorry for the delay, as much more as there is still several
> challenging features that I would like to have the pleasure to implement
> for release 2.4.0. Then, there will still be a pre-release phase to
> pass. Thus please, keep patience! :-)
> 
> Regards,
> Denis.

Ah, ok. I know of the concept of development releases, of course. And I really
like your sense of quality. I just thought the things I mentioned were already
implemented in the previous development release.

BTW, you're still accepting man page patches? I said I was going to help you
rewrite some sections, but I never did. I still would like to do it. I already
checked out CVSROOT, which is where you do your development, I presume.

Now I have to learn man page syntax...




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