[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/2] wip: pacman: rework the UI of -F

[Eli Schwartz]

On 2/7/19 11:19 AM, Morgan Adamiec wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 03:13, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/6/19 9:22 PM, Morgan Adamiec wrote:
>>> What if we keep-Fo but have it just change the output format? -F and
>>> -Fo would both work on files and paths.

First you say this.

>> What would it mean, though? Perhaps
>>
>> -o, --oneline
>>
>> --
>> Eli Schwartz
>> Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
>>
> 
> Could do but I see no reason why it can't continue to mean "owns"
> 
> Assuming the message is still in the form: opt/ is owned by
> core/filesystem 2018.12-2

Then you say this.

...

Do you not see how "continue to mean 'owns'" and "it just changes the
output format" are logically inconsistent?

If the default is to show you what is "own'ed", and a flag called --owns
reformats the output instead, then the flag is simply a lie.

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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