Danek Duvall wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 01:31:02PM -0800, Brock Pytlik wrote: > >> Michael Schuster wrote: >>> On 01/30/09 13:05, Brock Pytlik wrote: >>>> Michael Schuster wrote: >>>>> 2) if you need an option to limit the number of results, I see -n as >>>>> the more obvious than -z. >>>> -n has meanings in other contexts. I don't care what letter is >>>> chosen, I chose -z for size >>> do you mean "pkg search -n" is already taken, or that "pkg -n ..." is >>> taken? >> I mean pkg install -n, pkg uninstall -n, etc already have defined >> meanings, and fairly important ones. I'm hesitant to create competing >> associations in the users mind for that particular option. > > I was going to suggest -n here, too, a la head/tail, prstat, etc. -n is > useful as a dry-run option for commands that modify stuff, but search > doesn't do that -- and I don't think anyone would confuse it with one that > does -- so -n can be reappropriated for something else. -z makes me think > of zones, which would almost make sense here.
On a side-note, the CLIP guidelines state that different subcommands can reuse the same options with different effects. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
