[Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands

[Tom Lord]

That explanation made clear to me what the core issue is.

I'm not playing bug czar today but I have queued up your
message and will add it to the db tomorrow.

Thanks,
-t



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   Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:09:52 +0900
   From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
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   On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:25:25 -0800 (PST), Tom Lord <address@hidden> wrote:
   > I don't know what that implies unless it's that discussion about these
   > commands might be making a mountain out of a molehill.

   Well they seem to be the subject of endless bickering on this mailing list.

   The presence of "move" and "delete" clearly causes confusion for
   beginners, as they think that "mv" and "move" are synonyms (and "rm"
   and "delete"); given that people generally want to use "mv" and "rm"
   anyway, it seems quite silly to confuse them this way.

   For advanced users and scripts, keep "move-id" and "delete-id" --
   their names make it clear what they do, and avoid confusing beginners
   -- and either remove "move" and "delete", or make them invisible
   aliases with a warning message or something.

   -Miles
   -- 
   Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.