Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:11:27 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>, svn-src-user@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r183781 - in user/edwin/top/top-3.8b1: contrib/top usr.bin/top Message-ID: <20081012221127.GB71466@mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <p06240812c5180e4be02d@[128.113.24.47]> References: <200810120915.m9C9F5tq040143@svn.freebsd.org> <20081012142454.607c861d.stas@FreeBSD.org> <20081012103422.GA71466@mavetju.org> <p06240812c5180e4be02d@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 04:56:29PM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > At 9:34 PM +1100 10/12/08, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 12, 2008, Stanislav Sedov wrote: > > > > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/183781 > >> > > >> > Log: > > > > All collected changes to with regarding to the feedback > > > > received on the announcement of top 3.8b1 on -stable and > > > > -current as version B. > > > > > > > > This is considered the final version and submitted to mentor > > > > (bde@) for commit approval. > > > > >> What happened to my request of preserving -a option? > > > >Taken in consideration, as promised on #thatchannel. > > > >I still think that compatibility with the original program and thus > >other OS's on which top runs, either out of the box or via the > >original tar-ball of the author, is more important than the > >compatibility between FreeBSD versions for FreeBSD specific features. > > Hmm, I didn't realize there were plans to change the -a option. Change only as in the parameter, not as in the feature. It's going to be -c now because -a has been used by the original top for: -a, --all Show all processes for as long as possible. This is shorthand for "-d all all". This option is especially handy in batch mode. > Also, if this version of 'top' is going to change the meaning of > some options compared to previous versions of 'top' on FreeBSD, > then I think it would be helpful for the man page to include some > short historical footnote of that change. I understand. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis Website: http://www.mavetju.org/ edwin@mavetju.org Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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