Martin Pool wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> bzr short options like --1.14 and --pack-0.92 break rest/sphinx doc
> generation because the language does not expect dots in option names.
>
> Possible fixes:
>
> * work out an escaping syntax and use that
I think the only plausible syntax here is a preformatted block, sadly.
> * remove short options for format names (it's not so common it really needs to be concise)
> * hide the options for ancient formats
> * accept them but don't show it in help
Martin Pool wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> bzr short options like --1.14 and --pack-0.92 break rest/sphinx doc
> generation because the language does not expect dots in option names.
>
> Possible fixes:
>
> * work out an escaping syntax and use that
I think the only plausible syntax here is a preformatted block, sadly.
> * remove short options for format names (it's not so common it really needs to be concise)
> * hide the options for ancient formats
> * accept them but don't show it in help
Or
* rename the formats ;)