[publican-list] --lang vs --langs

[Ruediger Landmann]

On 06/11/2010 07:36 AM, Jaromir Hradilek wrote:
>
> Well, the smarter way would be to add the alias directly to the 
> Getopt::Long options, and then make all functions use the same form, 
> but I did not want to disturb the semantic distinction between the 
> singular and plural forms in the code.
>

Actually, I find this is a valuable semantic distinction for me as a 
user as well. Because you can perform some actions on multiple languages 
at a time, and some actions on only one language at a time, having to 
type the correct option helps me keep these separate in my mind.

If the --lang and --langs options were to be mashed together, we'd 
really need an error message for the actions that can only be performed 
on one language at a time that says something like "You can only package 
one language at a time."

Then of course people might wonder why we have an option called "langs" 
that only allows you to perform an action on a single language.

Maybe we should just leave it as it is.

Cheers
Rudi