Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:54:57 +0200 From: Alberto Villa <avilla@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r304411 - head Message-ID: <CAJp7RHaFEQUA6U%2BGYnb=cvFZGRtAsgXnbFtDwh%2BZKEJOOc9Deg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50576033.2090201@FreeBSD.org> References: <201209171714.q8HHEEtY057677@svn.freebsd.org> <50575D0F.6090502@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83_Rg9vvMZ8HA3s71nfZ0oePcodHcWv84Sbbdhg1iM_o-g@mail.gmail.com> <50576033.2090201@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > My point was not, "Teach me the pkg syntax for the -o option." My point > was, "It's stupid for pkg to use exactly the opposite syntax from the 2 > most popular ports management tools for the same option flag." "old:new" is more intuitive than "-o new old" from portmaster (I guess portupgrade does the same). It's what people is accustomed to from tools like `sed`, too. -- Alberto Villa, FreeBSD committer <avilla@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~avilla
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