On 01/04/13 12:36, Stefan de Konink wrote:

On 01/04/13 12:35, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:

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On 2013-01-04 12:10, Stefan de Konink wrote:

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I have justed checked out the Feb2013 release and noticed that the dbname option is gone, is there a substitute?

--dbpath=/full/pathname/to/database/directory

The database is called 'demo' is that as expected?

I see that demo also disappears with --dbpath now. I guess this will going to break some systems. Stefan _______________________________________________ users-list mailing list users-list@monetdb.org http://mail.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list

On 01/04/13 12:58, Stefan Manegold wrote:

Changes are documented --- cf. `mserver5 --help`, `man mserver5`, `cat monetdb5/ChangeLog.Feb2013` --- and we expect that users upgrading to a new feature release do read release notes (incl. change logs) and can update their systems around MonetDB accordingly.

Usage: ./mserver5 [options] [scripts] --dbpath=<directory> Specify database location vs Usage: /opt/monetdb-augustus/bin/mserver5 [options] [scripts] --dbname= Specify database name --dbfarm=<directory> Specify database location It would have been nice if the dbname and or dbfarm options were used, the user was proactively informed about the deprecation. I don't see why all in a rush a commandline argument had to be changed -- what does it fix? Also the commit message is wrong (dbpath => dbfarm): http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB?cmd=changeset;node=6ce49316d14f Stefan _______________________________________________ users-list mailing list users-list@monetdb.org http://mail.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/users-list

passwd was removed for security reasons. dbfarm & dbname were unified to dbpath to facility multifarm functionality. We try to stay consistent and keep look&fell, but not it this means security holes or blocking progress. Stefan ----- Original Message -----

I have to agree that these slightly often changes in the command line options are confusing for the users and not really obvious what purpose they serve (another example was the removal of the passwd option).

I agree that are minor things, but a consistency on the command line interface would have been desirable, or at least keep backwards compatibility.

that's just my thoughts.

lefteris

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote:

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On 01/04/13 12:58, Stefan Manegold wrote:

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Changes are documented --- cf. `mserver5 --help`, `man mserver5`, `cat monetdb5/ChangeLog.Feb2013` --- and we expect that users upgrading to a new feature release do read release notes (incl. change logs) and can update their systems around MonetDB accordingly.

Usage: ./mserver5 [options] [scripts] --dbpath=<directory> Specify database location

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Usage: /opt/monetdb-augustus/bin/mserver5 [options] [scripts] --dbname= Specify database name --dbfarm=<directory> Specify database location

It would have been nice if the dbname and or dbfarm options were used, the user was proactively informed about the deprecation. I don't see why all in a rush a commandline argument had to be changed -- what does it fix?

Also the commit message is wrong (dbpath => dbfarm): http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB?cmd=changeset;node=6ce49316d14f

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