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Re: future of su
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 17:59:03 +0200
- Subject: Re: future of su
- References: <4FC4ED24.1040505@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On May 29 09:37, Eric Blake wrote:
> Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of
> having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros. Right now,
> cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific patch,
> and it still doesn't do quite what users are used to from a Linux
> perspective. Is it better to completely drop su from cygwin, or should
> I coordinate with the util-linux maintainer to hand control of su out of
> coreutils and over to util-linux?
I don't see any pressing reason to keep su, but ultimately it's between
you both.
Corinna
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