I agree with most of this very interesting rant. Stupid changes like this one makes many people lose a lot of time. Stupid changes will always occur. They may

I agree with most of this very interesting rant. Stupid changes like this one makes many people lose a lot of time. Stupid changes will always occur. They may even be fixed one day. For me, the big problem is that software changes should imply an update of the man pages. When I introduce unix (shell) to someone, I always start with the command man (man man). I dream of a system where all the commands and all the options are documented in man pages that are up to date.