On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Mark Constable
On 2008-05-28, Xavier wrote:
--source = -S --noconfirm = -n --noprogressbar = -N --holdver = -H --forcever = ? --asroot = ?
Someone else suggested -0 and -F. The only extra I would suggest is an additional check for "--help" so for those occasions when longopts do get used, for assistance, that both -h and --help shows the new shortopts usage list.
Yeah, I used -O and -F for the two missing ones. Oh wait, I just realize there is a confusion here between O and 0. Here is what Allan said : "We could use -O for --asroot because root tends to have user id 0." He suggested using the o letter because it looks like 0 number. In my mind, short opts were always letter too, so I followed his suggestion. I renamed the internal fakeroot -F option to -X. About --help : as long as you write an invalid option, usage will be displayed. And when using a longopt, I guess it will try to use the second - as an option which is invalid.
So what do people think about a short opt only makepkg?
I think it's a great idea and would simplify the argument passing in makepkg. Longopts are politcially correct but shortopts, especially if it streamlines code, still works just fine once the changes are understood by end users.
There are 62 possibilities... a-zA-Z0-9.
I would like more feedbacks on the idea as I have a patch mostly working but there is no reason to polish it if the idea is wrong and if the patch will be rejected in any cases.
Not that my vote counts for anything but I'm all for it.
+1 as they say
ok, thanks for the comments.