My natural inclination is to reach for "-v" when I want verbose output from something and fall back to --verbose if that doesn't work. I usually go straight for --version when wanting that info. So, "-V for--version and -v for --verbose" works for me.
On 29/06/15 18:50, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > We currently have situation that C converted tools use -V for > --version and -v for --verbose while shell based tools (quite a lot > left) use -v for --version and most do not have --verbose at all. > > -V is quite deep in argp, but of course it is possible to get rid of it > by basically replicating argp code in grub (OK, we do not need check > for any hooks as we know there are none). > > It's not really new, and had been this way for some time, just that in > the past C programs were considered "for internal use only" and now > they are user facing so it is incompatible change. > > Just gathering opinions what would be preferable. > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
