That said, I don't think that just reusing --help and --version is too confusing,
I'd prefer to see a --driver-version=DRIVER and --driver-help=DRIVER option. "Overloading" --help/--version in this way is confusing for users. --help/--version means to get help about the command you are running, not about some plugin or driver that is going to be used. ,----[ (standards)Command-Line Interfaces ] | `--version' | This option should direct the program to print information about | its name, version, origin and legal status, all on standard | output, and then exit successfully. Other options and arguments | should be ignored once this is seen, and the program should not | perform its normal function. | ... | `--help' | This option should output brief documentation for how to invoke the | program, on standard output, then exit successfully. Other | options and arguments should be ignored once this is seen, and the | program should not perform its normal function. `---- _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
