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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





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