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

[Morgan Adamiec]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 17:01, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
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> >> 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?
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> 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
>

Yeah I get how --owns would kinda of not make sense given the default
-F output still technically shows who owns what.
I guess --oneline would make one sense then.