[coreboot] [PATCH] flashrom: Tell users that the command line interface may change

Myles Watson mylesgw at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 16:36:23 CEST 2009



> -----Original Message-----
> From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org]
> On Behalf Of Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:29 AM
> To: Coreboot
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] flashrom: Tell users that the command line
> interface may change
> 
> Ping?
> 
> On 27.04.2009 18:43, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > Since the command line interface for flashrom will change for 1.0
> > (all-caps or no-caps for short options, exclude range syntax, etc.) we
> > should tell users in the man page and the usage message about this.

I don't consider myself an active flashrom developer, but my question is why
not just change the interface now instead of adding an ominous warning?

Thanks,
Myles






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