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[Andrew Fenn <andrewfenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe i'm just ignorant about powershell but it seems to me that powershell
commands do not follow such a format. Looking through the list of powershell
commands I don't see any that follow the format "[command]
[(noun)-(subcommand)]". However many seem to follow the format
"[(command)-(noun)] [subcommand]".

Doesn't that mean if you want it to follow powershell it should be as
follows: coapp-list-package, coapp-install, coapp-remove, etc?


On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Powershell commands follow a *verb-noun* format for all their commands.
> Maintaining consistency with existing conventions with powershell is pretty
> important.****
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> For convenience, Powershell also offers aliases, which can be handy.****
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> I’ve looked at other package managers, there isn’t enough consistency
> between them to settle on a `standard`.****
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> I don’t understand why a few extra characters in the long form is
> problematic when we’ll also have the abbreviated short form:****
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> coapp -i somepackage****
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> If you don’t like typing the long form, use the short ones.****
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> *From:* Olaf van der Spek [mailto:olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:57 PM
> *To:* Garrett Serack
> *Cc:* coapp-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *Subject:* Re: [Coapp-developers] New Command line interface spec****
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> Can't the PS interface use the shorter commands as well?****
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> Consistency with other pkg management interfaces is important as well. If
> not more important, IMO.****
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> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:****
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> Well, I’m trying to keep consistency with the upcoming powershell interface
> for coapp (so that the command lines are equivalent).****
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> Like I said, I also want to include a ‘short’ interface that has
> dash-plus-single-letter shortcuts for everything.****
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> *From:* Olaf van der Spek [mailto:olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:49 PM
> *To:* Garrett Serack
> *Subject:* Re: [Coapp-developers] New Command line interface spec****
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> Why can't install just be install? Repeating package in so many commands
> seems both verbose, redundant and inconsistent with apt and yum.****
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> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:****
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> I just finished drafting up a new command line interface spec:
> https://github.com/coapp/coapp.org/wiki/New-coapp-command-line-interface**
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> Hopefully this will be a bit more consistent in usage than the old one.***
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> I’m also entertaining ideas for a ‘short’ interface (ie, using short
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