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Re: maint.mk: a "release-commit" wrapper to do-release-commit-and-tag


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: maint.mk: a "release-commit" wrapper to do-release-commit-and-tag
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:59:39 +0200
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Akim Demaille wrote:
> I used […] for default values, by habit (e.g., ./configure),
> but I can restore to (default: …) if you prefer.

This notation […] is not widespread enough, IMO, that people would
immediately understand it. Especially if the value is just '.':

  -C, --builddir=DIR   location of (configured) Makefile [.]

I find this shortened output confusing.

Bruno




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