[mythtv-users] mythshutdown -l in 0.25

[Yianni Vidalis]

> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 13:52:11 +0100
> From: John.Veness.mythtv at pelago.org.uk
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythshutdown -l in 0.25
>
> On 17/05/2012 12:34, Tom Flair wrote:
> > Consistency wins, in my book. If the preferred method for passing
> > arguments is to use the long-form (--lock vs -l), and this is being done
> > across the board, I'm for it.
>
> Thanks for the reply. There isn't a move to long forms in general, so
> for example -u still works for --unlock, -s still works for --status, -w
> still works for --setwaketime. It's only -l that no longer works for --lock.
>
> The dev's consistency argument is that -l means --logfile, which no
> longer is accepted as an argument to myth apps. My counter-argument is
> that -l never meant --logfile *in mythshutdown* - it was only that for
> other apps like mythbackend, mythfrontend. Stopping -l meaning --lock in
> mythshutdown due to a change in other apps like mythbackend,
> mythfrontend etc. seems illogical to me.
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> --
> John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T
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I'd just say that it appears not all apps are created equal.
And, since we're no longer searching for Spock, "the needs of the many outweight the needs of the few - or the one"

:)


Yianni.