This status update (subscribe via RSS) comes about 4 months after the last one, and coincides with release 8.12. Note also the bug tracker which records additions, feature requests and issues.

Rejected ideas

Some of the hardest work on coreutils is knowing what to reject and providing appropriate justification to the contributors. The contributions below all came since the last update and while good ideas, they were not included for various reasons detailed on the mailing list.

Additions

Note you can see the latest changes as they're added in the NEWS file (subscribe via RSS).

TODO

These items mentioned in the last update are not done yet. Also new items cropped up since the last update.
© Apr 29 2011