On 08/24/2010 03:53 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
On Tue, 24.08.10 14:59, Matthew Miller (mattdm(a)mattdm.org) wrote:
> The service command has a syntax like this:
>
> service servicename action
>
> where as systemctl has a syntax like this:
>
> systemctl action servicename.service
>
> This is inconvienient for the common case where more than one action is
> performed in sequence on the same service, since with the first ordering,
> one just hits the up arrow, ctrl-w, and then types the new action (with
> tab-completion).
>
> With the systemctl order, one must first skip back over the first word,
> which due to the awesome emacsness of bash keybindings is more of a pain.
>
> I'm not saying that systemctl's syntax needs to be changed. I am saying,
> however, that it's important to get the service command working with
> systemctl so that people can use that instead.
Interesting definition of "important".
FWIW, Lennart, I agree with him here. The smoother the transition we can
provide for existing admins, the better, and this is an obvious place
where we can do that.
~spot