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Just added this FAQ section to the README: Because it is a FAQ, the major differences between this project and uutils are: 1. Wider scope: posixutils is far m
by jgarzik 2y ago
Just added this FAQ section to the README:
Because it is a FAQ, the major differences between this project and uutils are:
1. Wider scope: posixutils is far more ambitious than uutils from a breadth standpoint: posixutils will include bc, m4, c99 compiler, fort77 compiler, a cron daemon etc. uutils is far more limited in the scope of programs covered, mimicing GNU coreutils.
2. More minimalist: Each posixutils utility implementation is intentionally more minimalist, intending to avoid the bloat of supporting rarely-used, non-POSIX features. Our common denominator and baseline is the POSIX spec, then add non-POSIX features that users cannot live without.
3. Transportable: Each posixutils utility should look like normal Rust code, easily stand alone with little-or-no deps, and be used in another project. This project is MIT-licensed, not GPL licensed, to aid in that transportability goal.