[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Add IgnoreGroup and --ignoregroup option.

[Nagy Gabor]

Idézés Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>:

> On Nov 12, 2007 4:03 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 12, 2007 3:51 PM, Nathan Jones <nathanj at insightbb.com> wrote:
> > > I forgot to add --ignoregroup to the --help message. The problem now is
> > > that the command name is too long:
> > >
> > >   -y, --refresh        download fresh package databases from the server
> > >       --ignore <pkg>   ignore a package upgrade (can be used more than
> once)
> > >       --ignoregroup <grp> ignore a group upgrade (can be used more than
> once)
> > >       --config <path>  set an alternate configuration file
> > >       --logfile <path> set an alternate log file
> > >
> > > Shortening to --ignoregrp is still one letter too large. Maybe
> > > --ignoregp? The current longest line is --print-uris which is 79
> > > columns, so it is possible to add one more space between the command and
> > > description.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > Break it up? Something like....
> >
> > >   -y, --refresh        download fresh package databases from the server
> > >       --ignore <pkg>   ignore a package upgrade (can be used more than
> once)
> > >       --ignoregroup <grp>
> > >                                ignore a group upgrade (can be used more
> than once)
> > >       --config <path>  set an alternate configuration file
> > >       --logfile <path> set an alternate log file
> 
> (we'd have i18n issues anyway- English tends to have
> terse descriptions). 
+1
I would prefer --ignoregrp, --ignoregroup, --ignoregrp <g.> or --ignoregrp <gp>,
and then mention <g.> or <gp> in the description.
Bye, ngaba



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