Deprecating port list

[James Berry]

On Mar 13, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Andre Stechert wrote:

>> A good answer is that if you read the reply I just gave to Ryan,  
>> you'll see
>> that port echo is extremely lightweight, and meant to be so. It  
>> just tells
>> you what you told it. It really doesn't have the information that  
>> port list
>> gets. And if we put it into the position of having to get that  
>> information,
>> than it looses its value of just parroting what you've told it.
>
> Indeed.  I guess what I was trying to point out is that the subtle  
> differences
> between 'port installed', 'port echo installed', and 'port list
> installed' will likely
> be lost on most users and even if they weren't, the value of doing the
> lightweight thing may not justify the amount of confusion it  
> causes.  All that
> being said, no measurement has been done, so this is all conjecture.

I would advocate keeping "echo" as it is, since it has a very real  
function which would be mutated by trying to add more to it. If "list"  
needs to be modified to be more useful, or renamed show, or whatever,  
I think that's fine.

James