Subject: Re: bug#63780: Reversing the grep message output type matching binary files (without the -a option added) changed from stdout to stderr

From: "Paul Jackson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 11:05:48 -0500

L.A.Walsh wrote:

>> If you want to give a user the last word, you would let their suggestion
>> stand and the change be implemented. It's dishonest to claim a user
>> gets the last word while their suggestion/correction is ignored.

Having the last word doesn't mean dictating the result.
Paul Eggert was honest in stating he would not be replying
again in this discussion. 

Your view was not ignored.  There are conflicting issues on
this (and many other such) decisions.   Paul Eggert and others
working this issue have worked through these issues, made
a reasonable set of tradeoffs, and explained their decisions.

Thank-you, Paul Eggert, and others, for continuing to keep ed(1)
alive and well.  It's been my "standard text editor" for 45 years
now, and counting.  I'm glad it's in good hands.

-- 
                Paul Jackson
                [email-masked]