[PATCH] gpgv: document --weak-digest in --help output
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Wed May 18 13:34:44 CEST 2016
On Wed 2016-05-11 03:56:29 -0400, Werner Koch wrote:
> Another very visible string change :-( But I can understand why you
> want it.
I know, sorry! It's better to do the right thing and get it documented
properly, though.
>> N_("|ALGO|do not accept signatures made with algorithm ALGO")
>
> What about
>
> ("|ALGO|reject signatures made with algorithm ALGO")
>
> which is shorter and fits better with the other help strings:
>
> -v, --verbose verbose
> -q, --quiet be somewhat more quiet
> --keyring FILE take the keys from the keyring FILE
> --ignore-time-conflict make timestamp conflicts only a warning
> --status-fd FD write status info to this FD
> --weak-digest ALGO reject signatures made with algorithm ALGO
>
> or even
>
> --weak-digest ALGO reject signatures made with ALGO
Yes, either of these look good to me. given that we don't spell out
that "FD" means "file descriptor" for --status-fd, i'm fine with the
latter choice. the full documentation is in info or man anyway for
people who want more details.
--dkg
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