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

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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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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rrt <at> sc3d.org
Subject: bug#18716: 24.3; dired-omit-extensions's default value omits COPYING.LIB
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:01:20 -0400

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    Is COPYING.LIB a file that contains the LGPL license?
    Why name it so weirdly?

It's the convention I set up 25 years ago -- like COPYING, but it's
for libraries.  That was when "LGPL" meant "GNU Library General Public
License".

Perhaps it should be COPYING.LESSER.

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