Hi,
> > Did we ever issue a warning when it was used? It's easier to argue that
> > it can be dropped if users had notice of some form or another. That
> > said, I'm not heartbroken if we yank it immediately instead of letting
> > it live for 2 more releases.
>
> How about keeping it as a convenience? I find it easier to type ? than help
> and often use it instead.
Well, ? has the problem that it is a shell glob char[1], which is for me
enough reason to avoid it at least standalone ("-device ?"). When
querying properties ("-device foo,?") it is much less likely to trip you
up.
On the other hand I don't see any harm in keeping it. What would we
save when we drop it? Given we already have a helper function to check
it is only 2-3 lines of extra code I guess?
take care,
Gerd
[1] IIRC that was the reason to add "help" in the first place.
