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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > >
