Re: enable GNU readline by default?

[<tim...@en...>]

Petr Mikulik wrote:
> Enabling history file by default:
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>> No, I was thinking the same thing a few days ago, tired of having to a=
dd=20
>> --enable-history-file for each ./configure
>>    =20
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> Ok, so history file has been enabled by default.
>
>
> Now: What about enabling GNU readline by default as well?
>
> It would save ordinary people to think about adding --with-readline=3Dg=
nu ...=20
> while gnuplot binary package distributors can do whatever they think is=
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> legal. This readline has now more features then gnuplot's readline.
>  =20
I agree that it would save work but the answer is no for the moment=20
because of the licence incompatibility.
Let's discuss the licence at the time of the next release with the=20
copyright owners, as concluded in a discussion on this list a few months=20
ago.

Timoth=E9e