On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Kevin Hart <kevin.kevinh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking along the lines of
> SOL Commands: info [<channel number>]
> .
> .
> .
>                           activate [<usessolforkeepalive|nokeepalive>]
> [<payload instance>]
>
> or
>                           activate [<usessolforkeepalive|nokeepalive>]
> [instance <payload instance>]
>
>   - Kevin
>

I must say I had trouble reading options/parameters. Not that they
don't make sense, but absence of "white spaces" makes them hard to
read. Just an observation
Wouldn't it be better to get inspiration from 'event' sub-command
where numbers are used as aliases for events? Although, this would
mean to read help, which user is going to do anyway, and remember
option:number alias.

As for whether to have '[<payload instance>]' or '[instance <payload
instance>]'; it depends whether an extension is planned/possible or
not. The latter allows extensions the former does not. *shrug*

Now, the good and the bad. The good - observations of user whom has no
idea what-how-why-etc. The bad - I have no idea how it should work,
I'm not using SOL. It's bad because it can lead to even worse
usability for people whom are really going to use this feature. :)

My $0.02 USD.

--Duncan

>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Duncan Idaho <dune.id...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Kevin Hart <kevin.kevinh...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I would like to add an option to specify the Payload instance when
>> > activating SOL payloads.  Is anyone already doing this, or does anyone
>> > have a preference for what the command-line should look like?
>> >
>> >  - Kevin
>>
>> Hello Kevin,
>>
>> I don't think anybody is working at it. This project is flip-flopping
>> between undead-dead state.
>> As for preferences, could you, please, elaborate a bit what is
>> required, what user input will be given? Looking at how many options
>> ipmitool has already, I'm not sure if adding yet another one is the
>> best choice. Although it might be the only one in the end.
>>
>> --Duncan
>
>

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