Re: [coreutils] Re: [PATCH 2/2] stat: print timestamps to full resolution

[Andreas Schwab]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> On 10/21/2010 03:22 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>
>>
>> Jim Meyering<address@hidden>  writes:
>>
>>> And besides, with coreutils-8.6 already released, reverting the
>>> change is no longer an option.
>>
>> Why?  I'm pretty sure more breakage will pop up over time.
>
> How would you propose 'fixing' it?

Add a flag character, eg. %.X.

> And why give the user less information than what is available?

Because it breaks things.  This is bad in general, especially if it can
easily be avoided.

Andreas.

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