"Charles M. Hannum" <root@ihack.net> wrote:

> Actually, there have more or less been plans to add long options to
> everything eventually.  I'm not sure I want to waste any time arguing
> about whether that's a good idea or not; it really comes down to a
> matter of religion.  My religion says that if a lot of people install
> GNU fileutils just to get long options (and they do), then maybe we
> should do something about that.

I've been staying out of this, [ until now 8-( ]  but perhaps you
should contemplate wrapping all those changes inside
#ifndef annoying_long_option_whiners_who_seem_to_not_let_things_die_already

I don't use them, I don't exactly like the bloat for my small
machines, but it's going to be what, 1 or 2 KB per binary?  It's
not a big enough deal to keep it out and make someone else double
the size of their installation because their fingers are used to
getting a better workout than mine 8-)  Some people appear to need
to get a life...  Let's all drop this already, please.  My MH rmm
command is gathering way too much cpu time from this...