[RFC] Re: Consistency in environment variable configuration

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy at imag.fr> writes:
> 
>> 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've just implemented that for BZREMAIL if you're interested in it:

+1 from me. I would consider adding a compatibility smoke test that
BZREMAIL still works, but its probably more work than is worthwhile.

John
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