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chmod -p --parents

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Message #26 received at 8736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Jérémy Compostella <jeremy.compostella <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org, francky.leyn <at> telenet.be
Subject: Re: bug#8736: chmod -p --parents
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:00:02 +0100

Jim Meyering wrote:
...
> Sorry to reject the idea, but if we were to accept new options too easily
> many of the coreutils programs would be larger and harder to maintain,
> for relatively little added value.  Part of our job as maintainers is
> to ensure that each new feature really is well justified.

Also, please ping the list before investing in even a small project
like this.  It's easier to discuss a proposal like this when there
isn't an already-written patch hanging in the balance.

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