Re: Help output inconsistency: -v vs. -V

[John Lane]

My natural inclination is to reach for "-v" when I want verbose output
from something and fall back to --verbose if that doesn't work. I
usually go straight for --version when wanting that info. So, "-V
for--version and -v for --verbose" works for me.

On 29/06/15 18:50, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> We currently have situation that C converted tools use -V for
> --version and -v for --verbose while shell based tools (quite a lot
> left) use -v for --version and most do not have --verbose at all.
>
> -V is quite deep in argp, but of course it is possible to get rid of it
> by basically replicating argp code in grub (OK, we do not need check
> for any hooks as we know there are none). 
>
> It's not really new, and had been this way for some time, just that in
> the past C programs were considered "for internal use only" and now
> they are user facing so it is incompatible change.
>
> Just gathering opinions what would be preferable. 
>
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