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I noticed some shortcomings in ifconfig (only shows the first ip assigned to an interface if a NIC has many) so in some senses i see why it had to be updated, b
by AnnoyingSwede 8y ago
I noticed some shortcomings in ifconfig (only shows the first ip assigned to an interface if a NIC has many) so in some senses i see why it had to be updated, by i see no logical reason why both the command and the syntaxes had to change? Why not stick to the parameter standard at least?
- Xylakant 8y agoif you're changing underlying functionality, you'll have to change at least some of those parameters ("show me the first IP address" of an interface might be a contrived example). So now you have the option to slightly change the parameters and keep some, but not all of the behavior, maybe even in a slightly different way or you can have a clean break and clean up the old parameter list with all its accumulated cruft and go for a designed and thought-out interface.
- berti 8y agoThe new interface is close to plain english in most common cases, so I'd say it's a significant win.