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Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

From	Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.legal, linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted
Date	2021-08-31 09:00 +0200
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 07:22:52PM +0200, Ole Tange wrote:
> To me it would feel similar to a dialog box, where you have to click
> "Don't show this again" to continue the first time. This is not that
> uncommon in graphical tools, so there is some precedence for this.

as explained earlier: click-wraps are no-no's.

(And it is a difference if it is a "Tip of the Day" dialog on a supposed-to-be-used-with the GUI
or a license/citation-nagger which is usually run in a script.
If you mean those. At least the former provides some advantage to the user, the
latter not, just as an starter.)

> I find it less than optimal, but if we can find common ground on that,
> it would be a compromise I can live with.

Hows about only print a decently worded message asking nicely to cite, without the
nagging to stdout if the user passes --help?

> 
> /Ole
>

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Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-08-30 08:20 +0200
  Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2021-08-30 08:30 +0200
    Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-08-30 12:40 +0200
    Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-08-30 15:20 +0200
      Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Andreas Tille <andreas@fam-tille.de> - 2021-08-30 16:00 +0200
        Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-08-30 19:50 +0200
          Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-08-31 08:50 +0200
          Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-08-31 09:00 +0200
            Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 16:50 +0200
              Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 17:00 +0200
                Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-09-03 17:10 +0200
    Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-08-31 20:40 +0200

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