[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2409: last call for options keys consolidation

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#2409: last call for options keys consolidation
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 Reporter:  martinl               |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  task                  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker               |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Default               |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  standardized options  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified           |  
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Comment(by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:117 mlennert]:

 > More generally, this whole issue shows to me what happens in an
 unorganised release process where we start to release betas without being
 sure that we are in a stable enough state to do so and then begin such a
 fundamental review such as this one very late into the process...

 It's always the same. If something can be left until later, it is. Once we
 reach the "last chance to comment" stage, all of the discussions which
 should have happened over the last half-dozen years start.

 This isn't specific to GRASS. The standard that eventually became C++11
 spent most of its life being referred to as "C++0x" on the assumption that
 it would be published by the end of 2009 at the latest.

 It's something of a chicken-and-egg problem. You don't get adequate
 feedback until many people start using it, and many people won't start
 using it until it's perceived as stable.

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