#2409: last call for options keys consolidation
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Reporter: martinl | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: Default | Version: unspecified
Keywords: standardized options | Platform: Unspecified
Cpu: Unspecified |
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Comment(by wenzeslaus):
Replying to [comment:54 martinl]:
> Replying to [comment:53 annakrat]:
>
> > we started to unabbreviate everything. I thought the initial idea was
to fix only apparently bad parameter names, but this is starting to have
large consequences - changes in scripts, manual pages, and confusing
users.
>
> with lookup table `old_key:new_key` we can quite easily fix all scripts
and manual pages. Also parser will understand `old_key` will continue to
work. We were planned to do cleanup some years ago, this ticket has been
open 3 months ago. I believe that it will has good consequences at the
end. We just need to finish the job. That's all.
The purpose of unabbreviated options (and cleanup) is user friendliness
through manual and interface clearness. But the consequences of your
decision are two different terms for one thing. This is not user friendly
and thus it goes against the original motivation for the change.
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