[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 wenzeslaus):

 Replying to [comment:25 martinl]:
 > Replying to [comment:24 martinl]:
 > > Do we prefer to leave as it is or change to
 > >
 > > {{{
 > > background_color
 > > }}}
 > >
 > > ?
 > >
 > > Then it can be abbreviated to
 > >
 > > {{{
 > > bcolor
 > > }}}
 > >
 > > but not to
 > >
 > > {{{
 > > bgcolor
 > > }}}
 >
 > The attachment:renamed_options.diff adds to the parser support for
 renamed options. Eg.
 >
 > {{{
 > d.erase bgcolor=black
 > }}}
 >
 > will continue to work with appropriate warning
 >
 > {{{
 > WARNING: Please update the interface of the module: option <bgcolor> has
 been renamed to <background_color> in GRASS 7.0
 > }}}
 >
 > Make sense to you?

 We need something like this for a long time already. It is really good as
 long as it is used as you are proposing that is to maintain backwards
 compatibility. I wouldn't like to see that used as a way to provide
 different names for one option.

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