I’d like to see us get to done done on Picocli. And then save looking at another cli tool for the Solr 12 timeframe!
> On Oct 14, 2026, at 11:36 PM, Jan Høydahl <[email protected]> wrote: > > Code is the source of truth. The picocli annotation drives how options are > parsed. And how the help is printed and how refguide man-page is written. > Find a bug, fix the annotation once. Add a CLI option to a Tool? Add it in > the code. Help and man in sync. > > Jan > > > 15. okt. 2026 kl. 00:26 skrev Gus Heck <[email protected]>: > > > > What do you mean by zero drift? > > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM Jan Høydahl <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> My preference is annotated code that generates both help output and man > >> pages. Zero drift. Anywhere. > >> > >> Jan Høydahl > >> > >>> 14. okt. 2026 kl. 18:13 skrev Gus Heck <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Hmm, just noticed this thread, so I'm late to the party, but did anyone > >>> look at DocOpt? http://docopt.org/ <http://docopt.org> It's a system for > >>> generating the > >> parser > >>> from POSIX command help that would leave us with zero parsing/config code > >>> to maintain. All we would need is to maintain the help file... > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM Eric Pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> The level of focus to make the new picocli backwards compatible has been > >>>> really impressive, so I think swapping to the new Picocli makes a ton of > >>>> sense. And if anyone finds an issue, or maybe uses a script, then they > >> can > >>>> use the fallback to commons-cli. > >>>> > >>>> +1 to flipping the switch in 10.2. > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://www.needhamsoftware.com <http://www.needhamsoftware.com> (work) > >>> https://a.co/d/b2sZLD9 <https://a.co/d/b2sZLD9> (my fantasy fiction book) > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > > > > -- > > http://www.needhamsoftware.com <http://www.needhamsoftware.com> (work) > > https://a.co/d/b2sZLD9 <https://a.co/d/b2sZLD9> (my fantasy fiction book) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast, a leader in email security and cyber resilience. Mimecast integrates email defenses with brand protection, security awareness training, web security, compliance and other essential capabilities. Mimecast helps protect large and small organizations from malicious activity, human error and technology failure; and to lead the movement toward building a more resilient world. To find out more, visit our website.
