[libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: add aliases 'boot', 'stop', and 'restart'

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 10:51:14AM -0500, Dave Allan wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 03:24:07PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 12:59:16PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873344 suggested that
> > > the grouping 'boot', 'shutdown', 'reboot'; as well as the grouping
> > > 'start', 'stop', 'restart'; might be easier to remember than the
> > > current mix of 'start', 'shutdown', 'reboot'.
> > > 
> > > * tools/virsh-domain.c (domManagementCmds): Add other command names.
> > > * tools/virsh.pod (start, shutdown, reboot): Document the aliases.
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > This patch documents both spellings.  An alternative would be to
> > > leave the alternate spellings as hidden aliases (virsh has support
> > > for that), but still mention them in virsh.pod (see how we did an
> > > alias for nodedev-dettach, for reference).
> > 
> > NACK to this patch. I think the current command names are good.
> > Creating duplicates will make life worse. First, it creates
> > divergance from the similarly named commands for networks,
> > storage and other objects. It also means scripts written again
> > the new commands will not work with existing libvirt.
> > 
> > I actually think that shutdown & reboot are *better* names
> > than restart and stop.
> > 
> > If we wanted to replace any existing names, then the 'create'
> > and 'destroy' names are the ones to replace, and for those I
> > would expect to use 'boot' and 'stop'. I still don't thin
> > we should do that either, due to creating inconsistency with
> > other commands.
> 
> IMO this is fundamentally an aesthetic question here that's not going
> to be solved by debate, however, from the comments so far, the patch
> seems to have a fair amount of support.  DV, perhaps you could weigh
> in with your opinion?

Since this is an aesthetic question, even adding this patch is not going
to solve it. It is a fact of life that there are a huge variety of names
that could be used - adding more & more aliases is not a solution. You
can never satisfy everyone's desired name choice. You just have to pick
one name and stick with it consistently.

Daniel
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