[PATCH 2 of 2 STABLE] mq: rename the --mq option to --queue

[Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen]

On 4 Mar 2010, at 23:36, Brendan Cully wrote:

> Since the extension is called 'mq' (e.g., --config extensions.mq=), I
> think it's a fine, intuitive identifier. I don't think long options
> should have a mandatory minimum number of letters.

Well, yes, but isn't the proper name of it Mercurial Queues? (When ‘Mercurial’ is implicit, perhaps just Queues.) Currently, the extension and its UI are somewhat ‘magical’ — I'd like to make it *less* so, and I believe that is best done by referring to the patch queue as such, rather than an MQ. I understand and agree that MQ is a well-known abbreviation to experienced Mercurial users, but I don't believe that applies to newcomers.

One of the things I care about is usability, and I'd like to make queues more usable. Since the sprint, I've been thinking about how to improve the UI of the MQ extension, and I believe that a more conceptual approach to it would be good. Instead of ‘the MQ’, it believe the patch queue as such would be better referred to as just ‘the queue’.

However, I don't actually *talk* much about Mercurial on a day-to-day, so my opinion may be somewhat biased ;)

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Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen
danchr at gmail.com

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