From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 12:31:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB51C1065704; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.cokane.org (c-24-60-133-163.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.60.133.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4538FC28; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mail.cokane.org (Postfix, from userid 103) id 7C8651DB2F9; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:03:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8-gr1 (2007-02-13) on discordia X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8-gr1 Received: from [172.20.1.3] (erwin.int.cokane.org [172.20.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.cokane.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1185B1DB2F9; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:03:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Coleman Kane To: Maxim Sobolev In-Reply-To: <48478BF6.6030309@FreeBSD.org> References: <200805301426.m4UEQ92d025434@repoman.freebsd.org> <48405C4B.3050603@FreeBSD.org> <1212179252.1967.1.camel@localhost> <20080604041815.GA84027@FreeBSD.org> <20080604043955.GA38627@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080604063631.GA28351@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080604150013.GA44358@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080604191339.GA31570@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080604192955.GA46284@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1212608575.15220.109.camel@localhost> <4846F520.6040400@FreeBSD.org> <1212614663.15220.136.camel@localhost> <48478BF6.6030309@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-gdJDQGlh5JiUqMtNUTrx" Organization: FreeBSD Project Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:01:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1212667313.1855.81.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Florent Thoumie , cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Steve Kargl , Wilko Bulte 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 ... X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:31:36 -0000 --=-gdJDQGlh5JiUqMtNUTrx Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 23:47 -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Coleman Kane wrote: > > Using your argument above about scripts written for release X+1 not > > working under release X means that the addition of "-a" to /bin/cp > > should also be reverted, as well as numerous other changes that have > > happened to CLI tools like ifconfig. There are probably at least >=20 > Coleman, >=20 > You either don't understand what I have written or trying to play trick=20 > with my words. I am not talking about adding new options for new=20 > functionality, which is good and fine, but rather about massive addition=20 > of long options as a synonyms to existing short ones, which we have seen=20 > in this case. That's why I largely see this change as a superfluous and=20 > potentially harmful. >=20 > -Maxim >=20 The cp "-a" option is a synonym (for -R -p -P), which many consider to be superfluous, and is why our cp lasted so long without it. The option was added to GNU file-utils cp, and is also used by rsync and probably other tools that I am forgetting. So, no new functionality. It doesn't bother me personally, I just wanted to point it out. --=20 Coleman Kane --=-gdJDQGlh5JiUqMtNUTrx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkhH1a4ACgkQcMSxQcXat5eWKQCfavs3klDhmS0U1TOc/zIr85zl VXIAnRB4fMPFmKjcIeqBsnocDPAktJ6B =Qn5a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-gdJDQGlh5JiUqMtNUTrx--