Re: [osol-discuss] Long Options

2005-07-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > > 2) utilities should only be written (enhanced) to the long options part > > of the CLIP specification in "logical groups". (i.e., a group of > > related utilities should be consistent in their use or non-use of long > > opt

Re: [osol-discuss] Long Options (was: Solaris vs. Linux)

2005-07-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Bill Sommerfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 20:40, John Martinez wrote: > > Am I the only one that doesn't like the --something-or-other options > > of GNU related software? Please don't do this to Solaris! > > A couple years ago we had a very long, very painful discussion

Re: [osol-discuss] Long Options

2005-07-14 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Bill Sommerfeld wrote: 2) utilities should only be written (enhanced) to the long options part of the CLIP specification in "logical groups". (i.e., a group of related utilities should be consistent in their use or non-use of long options). Or in their use of other option syntaxes, like the

Re: [osol-discuss] Long Options (was: Solaris vs. Linux)

2005-07-14 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 20:40, John Martinez wrote: > Am I the only one that doesn't like the --something-or-other options > of GNU related software? Please don't do this to Solaris! A couple years ago we had a very long, very painful discussion about this topic under the name of "CLIP". Opinions