On Mon, Sep 30, 2019, at 9:16 AM, Petr Pisar wrote:
On 2019-09-27, Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 05:52:31PM +0200, Adam Samalik wrote:
>> == pcre -> pcre2 ==
>> Moving grep (one of the last packages using pcre) to pcre2. [4]
>
> Is this a perfectly drop-in compatible replacement from a user point of
> view?
>
The user that executes "grep -P"? Not many changes. Usually a corner
cases that have a different performance or exhibit bug fixes.
As a frequent user of `grep -P`, I'd like to know whether there is any loss of
functionality with the switch.
Otherwise, I'm a huge fan of the minimization objective; I hope to make it to the
(recently cancelled) meetings when they happen.
V/r,
James Cassell