From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB3DC4727C for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1FEBB20872 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="ICiaw6Uw" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1FEBB20872 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:33802 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kO0rb-0004uN-2m for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:51:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59798) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kO0mO-00088K-3j for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:46:00 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([63.128.21.124]:51483) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kO0mL-0004qO-Iv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:45:59 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1601567156; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=yiO6tXO0ygFISKydfb+pwy+4K+9zPyra2suwmLSgxEk=; b=ICiaw6UwggeGwNkNxaO35w1BZI86dQwJsZoTcy4+TtK+nMRqnOviWIJm73Wd1TaFE0f1m7 jTTcv4E2GD/vQzPZV3Oo8/Oc7itGOfKQRBMb4ck4QZb2TO7kDUdJ2ibwacwgHK6SwnUnmZ Ls8tRxCMVEZ1J49OCU0E/i0Yzb5lde0= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-512-ZSRazObFPqSJshUVZO-6_Q-1; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:45:54 -0400 X-MC-Unique: ZSRazObFPqSJshUVZO-6_Q-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59CE58015A5; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:45:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from linux.fritz.box (ovpn-114-92.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.114.92]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FD665C1CF; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:45:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 17:45:50 +0200 From: Kevin Wolf To: Christian Borntraeger Subject: Re: Use of "?" for help has been deprecated for 8 years, can we drop it? Message-ID: <20201001154550.GB41938@linux.fritz.box> References: <87k0wa1bf8.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <2ac2d7da-fd5f-babf-a0ec-b733552d1978@de.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2ac2d7da-fd5f-babf-a0ec-b733552d1978@de.ibm.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=kwolf@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=63.128.21.124; envelope-from=kwolf@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/01 02:15:30 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Maydell , Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= , Markus Armbruster , QEMU Developers Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Am 01.10.2020 um 17:23 hat Christian Borntraeger geschrieben: > > > On 01.10.20 13:20, Peter Maydell wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 11:35, Markus Armbruster wrote: > >> > >> We deprecated "?" more than eight years ago. We didn't have a > >> deprecation process back then, but we did purge "?" from the > >> documentation and from help texts. Can we finally drop it? > > > > Is it really that terrible a burden to support having an > > alias for 'help' ? > > I agree. Having the "?" is really convenient. If people actually care about "?", can one of you send a patch to remove the comment that declares it deprecated? Kevin