From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Philipp Stephani
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> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
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>=C2=A0 > Compare with something like "--chdir /tmp", where= both forms (with and
>=C2=A0 > without "=3D") work.
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>=C2=A0 I wouldn't expect it to work, since long options are documen= ted to
>=C2=A0 need the equals sign.
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> This is incredibly surprising and also inconsistent with the man page,= which doesn't have equals signs for
> most options. Let's just document what everybody expects, i.e. tha= t all options work with and without equals
> sign, and with one or two dashes.
Why would we want to do that?=C2=A0 Documentation should describe the
software, not our wishes.=C2=A0 If we want to change how the software
works, we should change the code first, and only after that change the
documentation.=C2=A0 Am I missing something here?