From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30237 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2011 18:15:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 30215 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jul 2011 18:15:50 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_MIME_NO_TEXT,T_TVD_MIME_NO_HEADERS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-ww0-f45.google.com (HELO mail-ww0-f45.google.com) (74.125.82.45) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:15:36 +0000 Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so1437208wwj.26 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:15:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.11.141 with SMTP id t13mr6403310wbt.98.1311790535089; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:15:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (rsandifo.gotadsl.co.uk [82.133.89.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fn12sm115830wbb.21.2011.07.27.11.15.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:15:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Sandiford To: Ralf Brown Mail-Followup-To: Ralf Brown ,binutils@sources.redhat.com, rdsandiford@googlemail.com Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Offering enhancement to 'strings' References: Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:31:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Ralf Brown's message of "Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:05:58 -0400") Message-ID: <87fwlrzj23.fsf@firetop.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-07/txt/msg00241.txt.bz2 --=-=-= Content-length: 471 Ralf Brown writes: > I've added support for UTF-8 and EUC encodings to the strings(1) code, > and would like to contribute the changes back to the FSF. I'm willing > to sign a copyright assignment. Sounds like a really useful extension, thanks. The patch split looks good too. Like you say, a copyright assignment would be needed for a contribution of this size. I've attached the form, in case you don't already have a copy. Thanks, Richard --=-=-= Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=request-assign.future Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-length: 1318 UGxlYXNlIGVtYWlsIHRoZSBmb2xsb3dpbmcgaW5mb3JtYXRpb24gdG8gYXNz aWduQGdudS5vcmcsIGFuZCB3ZQp3aWxsIHNlbmQgeW91IHRoZSBhc3NpZ25t ZW50IGZvcm0gZm9yIHlvdXIgcGFzdCBhbmQgZnV0dXJlIGNoYW5nZXMuCgpQ bGVhc2UgdXNlIHlvdXIgZnVsbCBsZWdhbCBuYW1lIChpbiBBU0NJSSBjaGFy YWN0ZXJzKSBhcyB0aGUgc3ViamVjdApsaW5lIG9mIHRoZSBtZXNzYWdlLgot LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tClJFUVVFU1Q6IFNFTkQgRk9STSBG T1IgUEFTVCBBTkQgRlVUVVJFIENIQU5HRVMKCltXaGF0IGlzIHRoZSBuYW1l IG9mIHRoZSBwcm9ncmFtIG9yIHBhY2thZ2UgeW91J3JlIGNvbnRyaWJ1dGlu ZyB0bz9dCgoKW0RpZCB5b3UgY29weSBhbnkgZmlsZXMgb3IgdGV4dCB3cml0 dGVuIGJ5IHNvbWVvbmUgZWxzZSBpbiB0aGVzZSBjaGFuZ2VzPwpFdmVuIGlm IHRoYXQgbWF0ZXJpYWwgaXMgZnJlZSBzb2Z0d2FyZSwgd2UgbmVlZCB0byBr bm93IGFib3V0IGl0Ll0KCgpbRG8geW91IGhhdmUgYW4gZW1wbG95ZXIgd2hv IG1pZ2h0IGhhdmUgYSBiYXNpcyB0byBjbGFpbSB0byBvd24KeW91ciBjaGFu Z2VzPyAgRG8geW91IGF0dGVuZCBhIHNjaG9vbCB3aGljaCBtaWdodCBtYWtl IHN1Y2ggYSBjbGFpbT9dCgoKW0ZvciB0aGUgY29weXJpZ2h0IHJlZ2lzdHJh dGlvbiwgd2hhdCBjb3VudHJ5IGFyZSB5b3UgYSBjaXRpemVuIG9mP10KCgpb V2hhdCB5ZWFyIHdlcmUgeW91IGJvcm4/XQoKCltQbGVhc2Ugd3JpdGUgeW91 ciBlbWFpbCBhZGRyZXNzIGhlcmUuXQoKCltQbGVhc2Ugd3JpdGUgeW91ciBw b3N0YWwgYWRkcmVzcyBoZXJlLl0KCgoKCgpbV2hpY2ggZmlsZXMgaGF2ZSB5 b3UgY2hhbmdlZCBzbyBmYXIsIGFuZCB3aGljaCBuZXcgZmlsZXMgaGF2ZSB5 b3Ugd3JpdHRlbgpzbyBmYXI/XQoKCgoKCgo= --=-=-=--