On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 17:01, Eli Schwartz <eschwa...@archlinux.org> wrote: > > On 2/7/19 11:19 AM, Morgan Adamiec wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 03:13, Eli Schwartz <eschwa...@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. > > >> 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? > > 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.