Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:56:45 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD Message-ID: <20090607075645.GA22136@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906061405130.91225@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906040113270.28607@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <200906050924.23167.kirk@strauser.com> <b79ecaef0906050950m53fda524i5652f57b1ac389ad@mail.gmail.com> <200906051208.43135.kirk@strauser.com> <b79ecaef0906051323s64a89fe2x134290524b633978@mail.gmail.com> <4A29EBB7.9090100@strauser.com> <20090606094648.GA10672@ei.bzerk.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906061148350.90514@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090606101422.GB10672@ei.bzerk.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906061405130.91225@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 02:05:39PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar typed: > >rsync isn't bloated and it's well written IMO. It still does only one job, > >and > >it does it well. As you say, most common tasks can still be done with only > >short options. This would change if some developer decided to add other, > >unrelated functionality. But that's harder if you want to maintain short > >options > >for the common tasks. > >Having only long options would place no such restrictions on bloating. > > > what program you mean about having only long options? Wasn't referring to any particular program's. mplayer is an example though. But that's not my point.
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