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Date:      Sat, 31 May 2008 20:04:29 +0200
From:      Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
To:        cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create main.c pkg_create.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete main.c pkg_delete.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info main.c pkg_info.1 ...
Message-ID:  <20080531180429.GA2240@britannica.bec.de>
In-Reply-To: <48405C4B.3050603@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200805301426.m4UEQ92d025434@repoman.freebsd.org> <48405C4B.3050603@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:58:03PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> I am curious what is our policy on using long options in the base system 
> (if any)? I believe that pkg_install is the first non-contributed base 
> system utility to actually widely use it.

Consider what happens when you want to split -f into different options
that are more selective. Long options are more intuitive than random
letters for that purpose.

Joerg



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