> On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Craig Treleaven wrote: > >> On Aug 25, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Rainer Müller wrote: >> >>> However, I am not too happy with naming the command 'port doctor'. Many >>> other commands used with port(1) are verbs, but using this as a verb >>> carries the wrong message. >>> >>> I know where the naming comes from, but there is no need to match any >>> other terminology and we should rather define our own coherent names. >>> >>> My proposal would be to rename this to 'port selfcheck' instead. >> >> I second the proposal. "Selfcheck" is a bit awkward, but it does parallel >> "selfupdate" nicely. >> >> Anything would be better than "doctor", which is transparently derivative. > > 'port selfexam' ? > 'port sefldiagnose' ? > > Just kidding, but they play on the medical theme...
Without remembering exactly what the current "doctor" does, I was going to suggest "diagnose". Personally I want to avoid reusing the "self" prefix because it means if you want to run selfupdate you then have to at least type "sudo port selfu"; currently, it's possible to shorten it to "sudo port self". _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
