On 08/03/14 05:37 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2014 01:46:52 +0000 (UTC)
> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> 0         1         2         3         4
>> 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
>> Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 recommended default
>>
>> (The latter is GLEP 42's max 44 chars exactly, and accurately
>> represents the recommended eselect ruby setting.)
> 
>   $ x="Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 recommended default" ; echo ${#x}
>  45
> 
> Since you have started with 0 instead of 1, you have one character
> more; thus we'll need to find another character to cut, since that
> doesn't seem possible I suggest we drop the word "default" instead.
> 
>   $ x="Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 recommended" ; echo ${#x}
>  37
> 

$ x="Ruby MRI 1.8 removal; 1.9 now recommended" ; echo ${#x}
41