Re: --module-name or some other name?

[Pierre-Yves Chibon]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 08:56:32PM +0800, Chenxiong Qi wrote:
>  Hi all,
>  
>  Recently, a fedpkg global option --module-name could confuse some
>  packagers easily because word "module" is sort of ambiguous with the
>  module introduced by Fedora Modularity. This option is used for
>  specifying a repository name manually instead of guessing that from git
>  push URL or the macro name in SPEC file.
>  
>  To avoid the confusion, it would be nice to use another name, for
>  example --repository-name or --package-name. I personally prefer the
>  former one. Before making this change, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
>  
>  *  --repository-name or --package-name, what do you think which one is
>  proper for fedpkg?
>  
>  * How do you use --module-name in your practice?
>  
>  * Is it ok to rename it directly without keeping the original name, or
>  to keep --module-name for a period of time so that you have time to
>  migrate to new name? 
What about simply --name ? (Possibly together with a --namespace?)

I'd still include the --module-name though if possible deprecate it in the UI.


Pierre