Consistency in environment variable configuration

John Arbash Meinel john at arbash-meinel.com
Thu Jul 13 17:49:20 BST 2006


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Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'v added a section on environment variables on the Wiki (bottom of
> http://bazaar-vcs.org/ConfiguringBzr ).
> 
> Doing this, I realize that most variables are called BZR_something,
> but some are just BZRsomething (BZREMAIL, BZRPATH, BZREDITOR).
> 
> Wouldn't it be worth renaming those variables to BZR_EMAIL, BZR_PATH,
> BZR_EDITOR for consistancy (keeping the old names for compatibility,
> with a warning suggesting the new name)?
> 

I agree. We should support the old, but issue a warning.

I also think it would be time to deprecate 'BZRPATH' entirely. I don't
think anyone uses it, since plugins offer a much richer interface.

John
=:->

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