On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 11:29:48AM -0500, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On 02/07/2016 09:53 AM, Gordian Edenhofer wrote: > > On Sun, 2016-02-07 at 09:30 -0500, Dave Reisner wrote: > >> > >> Why the extra level of indirection (i.e. verb $subject subverb $args) > >> Why not: > >> > >> ssh [email protected] set-keywords <pkgbase> [...] > >> > >> I think it's more natural to provide the whole "verb" up front. > >> > > > > +1 for set-keywords > > > > +2 > There aren't so many verbs that we are drowning in them and need to > group them... > > > > Alternatively, use "keywords". > Maybe using it without feeding a keyword could return the current > keywords? If so, "set-keywords" would be inaccurate.
I feel like this is exactly the sort of ambiguity that's trying to be avoided -- using non-verbs to describe actions. With your proposal, how would you clear the currently set keywords? If you want to list the current keywords, "get-keywords" sounds like the right approach, rather than overloading something which is inherently vague.
