[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH] virt-install: add "-c" as short option of "--connect"

[Chen Hanxiao]

On 02/11/2014 10:26 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 02/11/2014 09:22 AM, Chen Hanxiao wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 02/11/2014 09:04 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>> On 02/11/2014 01:58 AM, Chen Hanxiao wrote:
>>>> From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
>>>>
>>>> Add "-c" as short option of "--connect".
>>>> Replace original "-c" as "-cd" for "--cdrom"
>>>>
>>>> This will be much convenient if we operate
>>>> non-default hypervisor.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    man/virt-install.pod | 2 +-
>>>>    man/virt-xml.pod     | 2 +-
>>>>    virt-install         | 7 ++-----
>>>>    virtinst/cli.py      | 2 +-
>>>>    4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> This will break any pre-existing users of virt-install -c <cdrom>, so it's not
>>> acceptable. We could make the -c shortcut available for the other tools, but
>>> then things would be inconsistent. So I'd rather just leave it the way it is.
>>>
>>
>> How about give --connect a shortcut?
>> It's not so convenient if using virt-xml editing LXC domain.
>>
>
> We should use any other shortcut besides '-c' because that's what all other
> libvirt apps use. unfortunately virt-install with its -c shortcut existed
> before --connect was widespread.
>
> I'll retract my objection about adding -c shortcut for virt-xml. But we can't
> do it for virt-install.
>
Sorry for my poor English.
I mean how about give a shortcut for --connect with another choice and 
keep '-c' as it used to be.
Can we use same shortcut option but different meanings between 
virt-install and virt-xml?