<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.26.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 09:15 -0400, Trevor Woerner wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>e.g.</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Taking a second look. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>with --autoresume there's little need for -f and -r</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> -f: can definitely go -r: right, we have autoresume now. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>with --cmd there's little need for -c, -d, -D, --check, and -p</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> There is a subtle issue here. There are two usage scenario: <BLOCKQUOTE> 1. I want to run what --cmd says and nothing else 2. I want to run what --cmd says, in addition to the default action </BLOCKQUOTE> The default action being "make all install". For example, -p will pull from git before the module is built. Without -p, one would have to issue --cmd "git pull --rebase && make all install". The challenge is make it such that developers can find out about that just by looking at the options. The interface has to be very intuitive. Think about the reasons why you did not include --clone. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>with --modfile there's little need for -o and -l</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> -o: there is little need for it, even without --modfile. -l: I can't say, I have never used it. But yes, with modfile, there is even less need. </BODY> </HTML>