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`zpm version` should just show the version number #148

Closed larsbutler closed 9 years ago

larsbutler commented 10 years ago

Virtually every other command line application with a --version flag will just display the number, e.g. 1.2.15. Currently, zpm --version will print the string zpm version 0.2; instead, we should just print 0.2.

mgeisler commented 10 years ago

I cannot reproduce this with common command line programs. The more free software oriented programs have rather long outputs:

% ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
% apt-get --version
apt 1.0.5 for amd64 compiled on Jun 18 2014 14:16:53
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
*Pkg:  Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
 Pkg:  Debian APT solver interface (Priority -1000)
 S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree
 S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree
 Idx: Debian Source Index
 Idx: Debian Package Index
 Idx: Debian Translation Index
 Idx: Debian dpkg status file
 Idx: EDSP scenario file
% hg --version
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 3.0.1)
(see http://mercurial.selenic.com for more information)

Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Matt Mackall and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Git and Pip both use the short style used by zpm:

% git --version
git version 2.0.0
% pip --version
pip 1.5.6 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)

The only program I found with a really short version output was virtualenv:

% virtualenv --version
1.11.6
larsbutler commented 10 years ago

Hmm, perhaps you're right. Maybe it's just the word version that I don't like. I think something like zpm 0.2 would suffice.

cczona commented 10 years ago

Where -v also gives version info, I've sometimes seen it give a briefer string than its output for --version. Though I can't think of a specific example at the moment.

From: Martin Geisler notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com> Reply-To: zerovm/zpm reply@reply.github.com<mailto:reply@reply.github.com> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 3:08 AM To: zerovm/zpm zpm@noreply.github.com<mailto:zpm@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [zpm] zpm version should just show the version number (#148)

I cannot reproduce this with common command line programs. The more free software oriented programs have rather long outputs:

% ls --version ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.

% apt-get --version apt 1.0.5 for amd64 compiled on Jun 18 2014 14:16:53 Supported modules: Ver: Standard .deb Pkg: Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30) Pkg: Debian APT solver interface (Priority -1000) S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree Idx: Debian Source Index Idx: Debian Package Index Idx: Debian Translation Index Idx: Debian dpkg status file Idx: EDSP scenario file

% hg --version Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 3.0.1) (see http://mercurial.selenic.com for more information)

Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Matt Mackall and others This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Git and Pip both use the short style used by zpm:

% git --version git version 2.0.0

% pip --version pip 1.5.6 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)

The only program I found with a really short version output was virtualenv:

% virtualenv --version 1.11.6

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mgeisler commented 10 years ago

Where -v also gives version info, I've sometimes seen it give a briefer string than its output for --version. Though I can't think of a specific example at the moment.

Yeah, I think I've seen that too (but with -V instead of -v). I would prefer if all our short and long options did the same, though, since I find that more consistent.

larsbutler commented 9 years ago

I've changed my mind; the version info is okay as it is.