GNU bug report logs - #18716
24.3; dired-omit-extensions's default value omits COPYING.LIB

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:51:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Done: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 18716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 18716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Subject: Re: bug#18716: 24.3;
 dired-omit-extensions's default value omits COPYING.LIB
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:59:04 -0400

> This isn't really the forum for discussing the naming of a GNU license
> file. dired-omit-mode deals sub-optimally with this particular name, and
> even if the standard name were changed tomorrow, it would continue to occur
> in the wild for years; so the real issue is: does it matter enough to fix
> Emacs's treatment of it?

I think the problem is in the naming of the file, rather than in Emacs's
treatment of files that end in ".LIB".
We could add a special ad-hoc rule for files called COPYING.LIB, but I'd
rather we fix the original problem instead.
"For years" is actually not that long ;-)


        Stefan
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