Re: [RFA] Remove some text from --version output

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 13:40:08 -0600
> 
> I happened to notice recently that "gdb --version" says:
> 
>     GNU gdb (GDB) 8.0.50.20170911-git
>     Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>     License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
>     and "show warranty" for details.
>     This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu".
>     Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
>     For bug reporting instructions, please see:
>     <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
>     Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
>     <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
>     For help, type "help".
>     Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word".
> 
> This is a bit on the wordy side, but also references interactive
> commands, which I think doesn't really make sense for --version.

The text shows details usually shown in the "About" screen by other
programs.

> Now the --version output looks like:
> 
>     GNU gdb (GDB) 8.1.50.20180511-git
>     Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>     License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>     This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu".
>     For bug reporting instructions, please see:
>     <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
>     Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
>     <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.

FWIW, I don't think I'd like to lose the text you removed.  At the
very least, the line about "show configuration" should be retained.
It is also quite common to show important commands at the initial
screen, e.g. see what Python or Guile show there.