Jacopo,

You're missing the point - it's not as easy as that. The command "ant 
run-install" is mentioned in innumerable places in documentation, websites, 
books, etc. It's not just a matter of modifying a script - it's a matter of 
rewriting seven years of documentation.

If it's not an issue, then why did you bring it up?

-Adrian


--- On Tue, 4/20/10, Jacopo Cappellato <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> From: Jacopo Cappellato <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: What about renaming "run-install" to "run-install-demo"?
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 11:54 PM
> The easiest way to do this would be
> to:
> 1) add run-install-demo (= run-install)
> 2) run-install should simply print a message explaining
> that now run-install-demo should be used
> 
> But really, I am not very interested in spending more time
> to discuss this, especially because it is not an issue I (or
> my customers) have.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jacopo
> 
> On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> 
> > I had the same thought, thanks Raj
> > 
> > Jacques
> > 
> > From: "Raj Saini" <[email protected]>
> >> In my opinion run-install is misleading as it
> really does not tell that it is going to install demo data
> and cause confusion to new users as it has happened with me
> in the past. For the benefit of old and new users, I suggest
> to add new command run-install-demo and leave the
> run-install as it is for a while and document them to tell
> what exactly they do. There are numerous examples of this in
> the Linux/Unix world.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Raj
> >> 
> >> On 21/04/10 09:39, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Ean Schuessler
> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> This is just *your* opinion and I
> respect it (even if comparing this to altering an api is
> ridiculous)... but please quit with the "teacher/guru"
> mode...
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>> Why is it ridiculous to think of shell
> script parameters as an API? You
> >>>> would surely be surprised if "ls" became
> "rm" one day, as an extreme but
> >>>> valid example.
> >>>> 
> >>> As a new user of the "OFBiz Linux OS" I would
> be also very surprised if the "rm" command really was a "rm
> -r" command; in my opinion this is worth of a change, even
> if old users would have to read one line of documentation to
> learn the change.
> >>> But really, it is not very important, I am
> more than happy to leave things as is because I understand
> that this could be annoying for old users and frankly
> speaking I don't have time and energy to further discuss
> this.
> >>> 
> >>> Jacopo
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> I think we can safely regard shell scripts
> as a class of
> >>>> program.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Regarding "run-install", we've set an
> expectation that run-install will
> >>>> give you a demo system and that could
> throw people off. Changing it
> >>>> doesn't seem hazardous but I'm not clear
> that it adds value.
> >>>> 
> >>>> -- 
> >>>> Ean Schuessler, CTO
> >>>> [email protected]
> >>>> 214-720-0700 x 315
> >>>> Brainfood, Inc.
> >>>> http://www.brainfood.com
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


      

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