Maybe i'm just ignorant about powershell but it seems to me that powershell commands do not follow such a format. Looking through the list of powershell commands I don't see any that follow the format "[command] [(noun)-(subcommand)]". However many seem to follow the format "[(command)-(noun)] [subcommand]".
Doesn't that mean if you want it to follow powershell it should be as follows: coapp-list-package, coapp-install, coapp-remove, etc? On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com>wrote: > Powershell commands follow a *verb-noun* format for all their commands. > Maintaining consistency with existing conventions with powershell is pretty > important.**** > > ** ** > > For convenience, Powershell also offers aliases, which can be handy.**** > > ** ** > > I’ve looked at other package managers, there isn’t enough consistency > between them to settle on a `standard`.**** > > ** ** > > I don’t understand why a few extra characters in the long form is > problematic when we’ll also have the abbreviated short form:**** > > ** ** > > coapp -i somepackage**** > > ** ** > > If you don’t like typing the long form, use the short ones.**** > > ?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Olaf van der Spek [mailto:olafvds...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:57 PM > *To:* Garrett Serack > *Cc:* coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > *Subject:* Re: [Coapp-developers] New Command line interface spec**** > > ** ** > > Can't the PS interface use the shorter commands as well?**** > > Consistency with other pkg management interfaces is important as well. If > not more important, IMO.**** > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com> > wrote:**** > > Well, I’m trying to keep consistency with the upcoming powershell interface > for coapp (so that the command lines are equivalent).**** > > **** > > Like I said, I also want to include a ‘short’ interface that has > dash-plus-single-letter shortcuts for everything.**** > > **** > > G**** > > **** > > *From:* Olaf van der Spek [mailto:olafvds...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:49 PM > *To:* Garrett Serack > *Subject:* Re: [Coapp-developers] New Command line interface spec**** > > **** > > Why can't install just be install? Repeating package in so many commands > seems both verbose, redundant and inconsistent with apt and yum.**** > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com> > wrote:**** > > I just finished drafting up a new command line interface spec: > https://github.com/coapp/coapp.org/wiki/New-coapp-command-line-interface** > ** > > **** > > Hopefully this will be a bit more consistent in usage than the old one.*** > * > > **** > > I’m also entertaining ideas for a ‘short’ interface (ie, using short > switches instead of full words).**** > > **** > > coapp -i firefox **** > > **** > > coapp -r firefox-1.* **** > > **** > > G**** > > **** > > **** > > [image: Description: Description: Description: > fearthecowboy]<http://fearthecowboy.com/> > **** > > *Garrett* *Serack* | Microsoft Open Source Software Developer | *Microsoft > Corporation > Office*:(425)706-7939 *email*/* > messenger*: garre...@microsoft.com > *blog*: http://fearthecowboy.com * > twitter*: @fearthecowboy <http://twitter.com/fearthecowboy>**** > > *I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use better on > Windows.***** > > **** > > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp**** > > > > **** > > **** > > -- > Olaf**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Olaf**** > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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