On May 15, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I’d like to remove the existing traffic_shell command. This is one of two > remaining TCL places, and as far as I know, this is of little use. Now, a > significant portion, but not all, of traffic_shell has been reimplemented as > a Perl script. I’m hoping this is an adequate tool to at least achieve much > of what people might be using traffic_shell for. What’s missing is the > “config” portion, where traffic_shell implements basically the equivalent of > calling traffic_line -s -v. > > Unless there are objections to this, I’d like to proceed by > > 1. Eliminate existing traffic_shell > 2. Replace it with traffic_shell[.pl], the perl script > 3. Clean up the documentation. Much of it stays the same (the show: > commands in the perl script are identical), but some would be defunct. I don't think that traffic_shell is widely used, and I question it's usefulness in the first place. In general, I think the direction we should move is in a small suite of command line tools to supplement traffic_line. I think you are right that traffic_line is getting to be a kitchen sink :) So I'm +1 on nuking TCL and willing to accept the demise of traffic_shell if that's what it takes. I'm ambivalent about replacing it with a perl version, since I don't think it is widely used. K
