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Re: exit
From: |
Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
Re: exit |
Date: |
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:52:11 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Simon,
>
> Both are good suggestions.
>
>> Bruno, do you mind re-licensing the 'exit' module to
>> LGPLv2+?
>
> Fine with me. Please go ahead.
>
>> And add the above obsolete warning?
>
> Also fine with me. At the same time, in doc/posix-functions/exit.texi,
> it's appropriate to change "Gnulib module: exit" to "Gnulib module: stdlib".
I've pushed the patch below.
/Simon
>From fa93ceab8152b5382d328d2c5e6347e53b291cd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Josefsson <address@hidden>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:51:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] exit: Obsolete module, use stdlib instead.
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
NEWS | 3 +++
doc/posix-functions/exit.texi | 2 +-
modules/exit | 9 +++++++--
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 12dc75c..6a5c340 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-03-05 Simon Josefsson <address@hidden>
+
+ * modules/exit (License): Relax license to LGPLv2+.
+ (Status): Mark as obsolete.
+ * NEWS: Mention deprecated 'exit' module.
+ * doc/posix-functions/exit.texi: Recommend 'stdlib' module instead
+ of now obsolete 'exit'.
+
2010-03-02 Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
fts-lgpl: remove unused module
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 72b2b58..ad639dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ User visible incompatible changes
Date Modules Changes
+2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
+ instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
+
2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/exit.texi b/doc/posix-functions/exit.texi
index 74d13ae..e196e2a 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/exit.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/exit.texi
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/exit.html}
-Gnulib module: exit
+Gnulib module: stdlib
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
diff --git a/modules/exit b/modules/exit
index 4de69b7..18899f2 100644
--- a/modules/exit
+++ b/modules/exit
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
Description:
exit() function: program termination.
+Status:
+obsolete
+
+Notice:
+This module is obsolete. It will be removed on 2011-01-01. Use 'stdlib'.
+
Files:
Depends-on:
@@ -14,8 +20,7 @@ Include:
<stdlib.h>
License:
-GPL
+LGPLv2+
Maintainer:
Bruno Haible
-
--
1.7.0
- exit, Simon Josefsson, 2010/03/04
- Re: exit, Eric Blake, 2010/03/04
- Re: exit, Simon Josefsson, 2010/03/04
- Re: exit, Simon Josefsson, 2010/03/04
- Re: exit, Bruno Haible, 2010/03/04
- Re: exit,
Simon Josefsson <=