Hello, As usual, please do report upstream bugs in the upstream BTS, not here.
Bye, Mt.
On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:54:37AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Package: quilt
> Version: 0.42-2
> Severity: minor
>
> The presentation of the options could be improved. Now there is
> mixture of short options and long options. Some of the options can be
> abbreviated and some not. Sometimes option is only available in long
> format, but is impractical, because it is used so often
> (e.g. --strip-trailing-whitespace)
>
> EXAMPLES:
>
> header [-a|-r|-e] [--backup] [--strip-diffstat]
> [--strip-trailing-
> whitespace] [patch]
>
> Print or change the header of the topmost or specified patch.
>
> -a, -r, -e
> Append to (-a) or replace (-r) the exiting patch header, or
> edit
> (-e) the header in $EDITOR (vi). If none of these options
> is
> given, print the patch header.
>
> --strip-diffstat
> Strip diffstat output from the header.
>
> --strip-trailing-whitespace
> Strip trailing whitespace at the end of lines of the header.
>
> --backup
> Create a backup copy of the old version of a patch as patch~.
>
>
> SUGGESTED CHANGE (likewise for the rest)
>
> * Be consistent with the option naming
> * Provide both short and long for all options
> * Use Capital letter for short options that are used less often (like
> below: -S compared to -s)
>
> header [-a|-r|-e] [--backup] [--strip-diffstat]
> [--strip-trailing-
> whitespace] [patch]
>
> Print or change the header of the topmost or specified patch.
>
> -a|--append,
> -r|--remove
> -e|--edit
> Append to (-a) or replace (-r) the exiting patch header, or
> edit
> (-e) the header in $EDITOR (vi). If none of these options
> is
> given, print the patch header.
>
> -S|--strip-diffstat
> Strip diffstat output from the header.
>
> -s|--strip-trailing-whitespace
> Strip trailing whitespace at the end of lines of the header.
>
> -b|--backup
> Create a backup copy of the old version of a patch as patch~.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
>
> Versions of packages quilt depends on:
> ii bzip2 1.0.3-2 high-quality block-sorting file
> co
> ii diffstat 1.41-1 produces graph of changes
> introduc
> ii gawk 1:3.1.5-1 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and
> pr
> ii gettext 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization
> utilities
> ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> an
> ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
>
> quilt recommends no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
--
Soyez bon, soyez charitable, et soyez généreux, c'est beau.
Le dévouement c'est admirable et ça se déduit des impots.
-- Les malpolis
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