--- Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> wrote:
> I think that if you build on top of another project,
> your should not suppress their banner by default.
>
> Credit here is secondary.
Um. OK. I guess I didn't understand the issue.
> We can argue back and forth here forever: GCC-compiled programs do
> not emit any "GCC banners", but GCC is just a compiler wile a CL is
> also a runtime, but then GLIBC is the runtime for GCC and no "GLIBC
> banner" is ever emitted, but then a LIBC is a standard component of
> any system and they are all pretty much the same (give and take some
-
> this is why, BTW, GLIBC is under GNU LGPL and not full GNU GPL) while
> CLs are more "unique", but then Perl scripts show no banner, but
CLISP
> scripts show no banner either - this is the different between
> interactive and batch processing etc etc etc.
I'm dizzy ;-)
> I am not really interested in this argument: you have a very strong
> point and I do not think I will be able to convince you that I am
> `right' and you are `wrong'. I doubt you will convince me either.
Probably true. A sensible point.
> All I am saying is that _adding_ Maxima's banner to the CL's one
> (instead of replacing it), and giving your users an option to turn
> both off at the same time, is, IMHO, a nicer (= less conflict-prone)
> way to handle this issue.
Since the Clisp people feel strongly about it, we'll do that. Jim's
already made the change to include the banner by default, I believe.
Supressing both is also good - I believe xmaxima's display starts at
(C1) The only argument for including it, really, is to make debugging
a problem a little bit simpler. It's easier if we know the versions of
maxima and lisp people are running.
> > that banner is rather distracting.
>
> Do I smell politics here? <http://clisp.cons.org/faq.html#menorah>;
Sigh. No. No politics. Just a concern for the utility of the startup
info. That's all. I actually think the banner's kinda cool, but it
takes up a lot of space which isn't directly related to the problem at
hand, i.e. doing math.
CY
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