Re: Please make ifref default to name
Leo Iannacone <[email protected]> Fri, 25 May 2012 16:14:34 +0200
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On 23 May 2012 17:34, Tobias Oetiker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Leo, Hi Tobias! > I agree, that matching by name is a good idea if your devices > support that ... > > BUT ... changeing the default behaviour of cfgmaker is not > something that I would do lightly, especially for something that > has been like this for the last 17 years ... many users have > scripts running launching cfgmaker automatically and they expect it > to act in a certain way ... Maybe it could make sense check in the code if "those scripts" still use old value and print a "WARNING: Deprecated" string in case, warning users about this change... and after one or two release, move option to use name... This is just a suggestion, nothing else. :) Ciao! Leo. -- Ubuntu Member - http://launchpad.net/~l3on Home Page - http://leoiannacone.com GPG Key Id - 0xD282FC25