[HEADS-UP] systemd for F14 - the next steps

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 19:06 -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Lennart Poettering <mzerqung at 0pointer.de> said:
> > Same with systemd. If you use "systemctl status foo.service" the output
> > is human readable. If it is "systemctl show foo.service" it is computer
> > parsable. Just a slightly different command of the systemctl tool.
> 
> Again: this is confusing!  There should be one (and only one) command to
> show information.  It should accept arguments to modify that output,
> e.g. default to brief info, -v gets a little more info, -vv gets all
> kinds of info, -p to get "parseable" output (or -f for "formatted"),
> etc.
> 
> Having "status" and "show" give the same info in different formats will
> always be confusing.  People won't remember which is which (because the
> works mean similar things in this context) and will run the wrong one
> for what they want about 50% of the time (which will just be
> frustrating).

I agree with Chris here, I find the 'one command, with modifying
parameters' paradigm much the easiest to follow.
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