Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
Does it have to parallel selfupdate? diagnose works perfectly well by itself without the self in front of it... On 8/26/14, Craig Treleaven ctrelea...@macports.org wrote: On Aug 25, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Rainer Müller rai...@macports.org 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... Craig ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On Sep 4, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Eric Gallager eg...@gwmail.gwu.edu wrote: Does it have to parallel selfupdate? diagnose works perfectly well by itself without the self in front of it... Of course it doesn't *have* to. But most of the port(1) verbs operate on ports and port names, whereas selfupdate operates on the MacPorts installation itself. So it would make sense to have a selfcheck that checks on the MacPorts environment itself, as a whole. (I know, rev-upgrade and sync [and probably others] don't really operate on ports per se. It's a rough guideline.) vq ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On 05/09/2014, at 9:59 AM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: On Sep 4, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Eric Gallager eg...@gwmail.gwu.edu wrote: Does it have to parallel selfupdate? diagnose works perfectly well by itself without the self in front of it... Of course it doesn't *have* to. But most of the port(1) verbs operate on ports and port names, whereas selfupdate operates on the MacPorts installation itself. So it would make sense to have a selfcheck that checks on the MacPorts environment itself, as a whole. So why not checkself? Cheers, Ian W. ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On Sep 4, 2014, at 8:04 PM, Ian Wadham iandw...@gmail.com wrote: So why not checkself? Cheers, Ian W. Because it's not updateself, it's selfupdate. vq ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On 05/09/2014, at 10:20 AM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: On Sep 4, 2014, at 8:04 PM, Ian Wadham iandw...@gmail.com wrote: So why not checkself? Cheers, Ian W. Because it's not updateself, it's selfupdate. Well, I was also going to suggest updateself… : -) the logic being that port commands usually follow the sequence port do-something to-something, but I realise selfupdate is deeply entrenched… I suggested checkself because someone, IIRC, did not want to have to type as far as the u if they required selfupdate. Cheers, Ian W. ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On Aug 25, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Rainer Müller rai...@macports.org 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. vq ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On Aug 26, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Lawrence Velázquez lar...@macports.org wrote: On Aug 25, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Rainer Müller rai...@macports.org 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. +1 port selfcheck alt: port maintenance Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla) signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Configuration and environment check command (was: Re: [124047] trunk/base)
On Aug 25, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Rainer Müller rai...@macports.org 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... Craig ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
