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Re: [PATCH] Remove redistributed "Blame Lee E. McMahon" shell comment
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Sam James |
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Re: [PATCH] Remove redistributed "Blame Lee E. McMahon" shell comment |
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Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:17:35 +0000 |
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"Zack Weinberg" <zack@owlfolio.org> writes:
> 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.
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> Lee Edward McMahon was the original author of the `sed` utility.
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> I don't have a strong opinion here but it actually seems like a humorous
> tribute to me and worth preserving.
I'm generally in favour of keeping little quirks like this rather than
losing all personality.