From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:5204 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752350AbaJUJFX (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2014 05:05:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:05:17 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Benno Schulenberg Cc: Util-Linux Subject: Re: the option --label-nested of sfdisk Message-ID: <20141021090517.GE8057@x2.net.home> References: <1413834738.3279286.181227401.682D2FFB@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1413834738.3279286.181227401.682D2FFB@webmail.messagingengine.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:52:18PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Recently the option --label-nested (to specify the type of a nested label > in a GPT) has been added to sfdisk. But this name, --label-nested, it... > doesn't sound very English, it is not how one would say this in English. > > Upcoming patch changes it to --nested-label, also because when using > long options it is enough to use the first few letters of an option to > choose one unequivocally, but when having both --label and --label-nested > one can no longer do something like "--lab bsd". After the patch one can > do that again, /and/ use "--nest bsd" too, which is short and very clear. ^^^^^^^^^^ The problem is that the original sfdisk version had "--nested" option, the option is no more supported, but I'd like to avoid misinterpretation. Anyway, you're right that --label-nested sounds strange. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com