Re: [Integrit-users] Re: integrit

[Ed L C. <ec...@te...>]

"Cott Lang" <co...@in...> writes:

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[ed writes]
> > What do the others think?  Is it worth making the command-line options
> > more complex in order to accomodate cases like this where the
> > configuration would be identical save the database specifications?
>
> Why would it make the command line more complex unless the user
> desired this functionality?

The command line is an interface between the user and integrit.  By
adding two options, we make that interface 33% fatter.  That is the
complexity I was referring to.  The fatter interface makes integrit
more difficult to learn.

Even if the user doesn't want to use or learn the options, when they
open up the man page, they see lots of options, and they have to take
the trouble of discerning the options they need from the rest.

The extra code to support the options is another thing: code
complexity, and it makes integrit just a wee bit less simple and
maintainable.  That's the issue in a nutshell.

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