[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs ascii

[Philip Brown]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> Am 28.03.2011 um 20:09 schrieb Philip Brown:
>> Erm... isnt this already pretty much covered by "od" ?
>
> Nope, "od" is a dumper in various formats whereas "ascii" prints the ascii table
> with different number formats. It is written by Eric Raymond btw.
>

Aha. good to know.
how about improving the description then? it isnt very clear.

I think what you just wrote, above, would be a better one. with
perhaps a minor improvement:

"prints out the full ascii table in different number formats"

?


as a side comment to answer Ben's one:
Yes, there is a reason to not package and release redundant software.
We already have more packages than are properly maintained and updated.
Adding yet Another package, and one we dont even need, would be
counter  productive.
For the record, I was going to just ask Dagobert to think about it
himself and consider if it was really a useful package over what we
have already. But given his clarification, I can see the use for it
myself.
So... onward...