On 23/02/13 11:16, jjacky wrote: > > > On 02/23/13 01:31, Allan McRae wrote: >> On 23/02/13 00:03, Olivier Brunel wrote: >>> Because --noextract also implies to not download/verify source files, it >>> wasn't >>> possible to simply do just that, without either extracting and/or building. >>> This >>> option allows just that (and is therefore mostly useful with --nobuild). >>> >> >> I really do not like the option name. Does --noextractonly mean it >> still builds? etc... > > That would be yes, unless --nobuild was used. The option name was meant > as "no extract only, as opposed to --noextract which also implies no > download & no verify" > But I get your point, yes. > >> How about naming what you are trying to do - i.e. "--verify". > > You mean it like a --verify-only, that would imply both --noextract > (except with still download & verify of course) and --nobuild (and then, > using either of those alongside --verify-only would do nothing/be ignored) ? > > Yeah, that might be better. I think --verifyonly might be better than > just --verify though (because the latter can sound like without it > there's no verify done, which obviously isn't the case) ? > > Also, could -E still be used as short option, or should it just not have > one ? >
So..., --verifyonly would imply that it only does verifying and no downloading. Lets call it --verifysource. No need for a short option. We can avoid people thinking this option must be specified to do the source verification with a good description. e.g. --verifysource Download (if needed) and verify sources only.
