From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15333 invoked by alias); 10 Apr 2013 15:57:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 15322 invoked by uid 89); 10 Apr 2013 15:57:04 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-8.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:57:04 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3AFuxbd012367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:56:59 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.11]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r3AFuviC008249; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:56:57 -0400 Message-ID: <51658BC9.6080001@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:24:00 -0000 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130311 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Tromey CC: Doug Evans , Eli Zaretskii , Joel Brobecker , gdb-patches Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display configuration details in --help References: <83r4jaynqq.fsf@gnu.org> <514B4AC3.1090103@redhat.com> <83zjxwy4ux.fsf@gnu.org> <20130321191051.GF5447@adacore.com> <83r4j8y1kh.fsf@gnu.org> <20130321203919.GG5447@adacore.com> <87r4j8zd0k.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <83ehf85u7x.fsf@gnu.org> <83wqsbadfe.fsf@gnu.org> <20836.17485.525118.795474@ruffy2.mtv.corp.google.com> <83txnfa9m7.fsf@gnu.org> <51645982.8050904@redhat.com> <87k3oamlqy.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <87k3oamlqy.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-04/txt/msg00281.txt.bz2 On 04/10/2013 04:46 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans writes: > > Doug> Unless there is a physical form to the grouping (e.g., further > Doug> indentation, blank lines, or whatever), I'd much prefer a full > Doug> alphabetical sort. > > Try "automake --help" to see what an alternate approach looks like. > It groups options into sections with headers. > I find it very readable; and it is a reasonably common style in the > GNU world, e.g., "tar --help" or "cpio --help". That's my preference. But we shouldn't stale Eli's patch for this. His chosen positioning for --configuration follows precedent, and putting --configuration right after --command actually breaks one of the precedents. >From here, my view is that we should let his patch in using his original preference for positioning, and then discuss wholesale --help reordering separately. -- Pedro Alves