Official request: Please make GNU grep the default

[Doug Barton]

On 08/14/2010 19:02, Randy Bush wrote:
>> I think that new grep which is ____ times slower than the old grep is
>> still in the acceptable range.
>
> <aol>
>
> you are forcing more time to be spent on the mailing list than working
> the code.

Not my intention at all, but I feel your pain. I really thought this was 
a slam dunk or I wouldn't have even brought it up.

> and many of us have to care about the license issue.

But you're covered on the license issue. The code is in the base 
already, and no one is suggesting removing it (as Warner pointed out 
earlier today).

What I REALLY don't want to see happen here is a "religious fervor about 
the license is more important than performance" situation. If I wanted 
that kind of drama I'd use linux. (OTOH religious fervor about proving 
me wrong is almost as amusing as it is unfortunate, but that doesn't 
negatively impact our users.)

Meanwhile, I'm pretty confident this is my last post on the issue of 
changing the default. I've said everything I wanted to say, and 
obviously it's not as clear cut as I thought it was.

Doug

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