On 23/02/13 11:16, jjacky wrote:
On 02/23/13 01:31, Allan McRae wrote:
On 23/02/13 00:03, Olivier Brunel wrote:
Because --noextract also implies to not download/verify source files, it wasn't possible to simply do just that, without either extracting and/or building. This option allows just that (and is therefore mostly useful with --nobuild).
I really do not like the option name. Does --noextractonly mean it still builds? etc...
That would be yes, unless --nobuild was used. The option name was meant as "no extract only, as opposed to --noextract which also implies no download & no verify" But I get your point, yes.
How about naming what you are trying to do - i.e. "--verify".
You mean it like a --verify-only, that would imply both --noextract (except with still download & verify of course) and --nobuild (and then, using either of those alongside --verify-only would do nothing/be ignored) ?
Yeah, that might be better. I think --verifyonly might be better than just --verify though (because the latter can sound like without it there's no verify done, which obviously isn't the case) ?
Also, could -E still be used as short option, or should it just not have one ?
So..., --verifyonly would imply that it only does verifying and no downloading. Lets call it --verifysource. No need for a short option. We can avoid people thinking this option must be specified to do the source verification with a good description. e.g. --verifysource Download (if needed) and verify sources only.