Re: [mat-dev] MAT2 announcement

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Author: jvoisin
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Subject: Re: [mat-dev] MAT2 announcement
Hello Christian!

> I just submitted two tiny pull requests (7 & 8) intended to make
> building and installing the Nautilus extension easier on Debian.


Thank you very much, I've merged them ♥

> The fact that the -c switch changed its meaning worries me a little.
> People are used to write `mat -c file.pdf` to check and show metadata
> without writing anything to a file. Now, `mat2 -c` is for checking
> dependencies, and `mat2 -c file.pdf` should fail with an error message
> Instead, it silently acts as if the -c switch was not there and
> proceeds to clean the file. I just created issue 59 with this
> suggestion.


This is an excellent point as well as a security hazard, I've fixed this
behaviour.

> I took the liberty to spread the word in the Fediverse
> <https://chaos.social/web/statuses/100656403452747445>
> and on Twitter <https://twitter.com/ChPietsch/status/1036243827315671040>.
> Digitalcourage did the same in German
> <https://twitter.com/digitalcourage/status/1036246671389327360>.


Yay, more users \o/

Have a nice day :)