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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c pkg_add.1
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On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:13:39PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> Quoting Steve Kargl, who wrote on Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 08:00:13AM -0700 ..
> > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 08:36:31AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > > Quoting Steve Kargl, who wrote on Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:39:55PM -0700 ..
> > > > 
> > > > I personally believe that commit should be backed out and core
> > > > should establish a policy against adding long options to BSD
> > > 
> > > Gimme a break..  
> > > 
> > 
> > Note I wrote "I personally believe".  You don't have to agree
> > with me.
> 
> Well I indeed do not agree.  Aren't the developers old enough 
> to make this kind of judgement call themselves, without all sorts of written 
> policies?

Apparently, not.  See the recent commit to pkg_create.

> 
> I would think they all are!
> 

Where do we stop?  Should we add long options to all
/usr/bin utilities?  Why stop at /usr/bin, let's add
long options to /usr/sbin, /bin, /sbin, /rescue, etc.

-- 
Steve