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   From: guillem@debian.org   
      
   On Thu, 2026-02-19 at 10:12:56 +0100, Gioele Barabucci wrote:   
   > Control: tags -1 patch   
   >   
   > On 19/02/26 03:47, Guillem Jover wrote:   
   > > > Could `--arch=foo` be modified to mean "strictly foo, without all"?   
   > > > Alternatively could a new option like `--arch-strict=foo` be   
   > > > introduced, if you believe that the old behavior should not change?   
   > >   
   > > I don't think changing the semantics for --arch would be correct, as   
   > > this is how it has been documented, and how people have relied on this   
   > > option working. Instead I've added a new --no-implicit-arch option,   
   > > which removes the implicit addition of the arch-all packages, so then   
   > > you can run twice with --arch=foo and then --arch=all for example.   
      
   > If I am allowed to bikeshed a bit, as a user I'd find   
   >   
   >     --no-implicit-arch-all   
   >   
   > or   
   >   
   >     --no-implicit-archs   
   >   
   > more explicit and easier to spot when looking for that kind of   
   > change of semantics. (Inner dialogue: "no implicit arch? which arch   
   > is implicit?".)   
      
   I actually started with --no-arch-all, but then when I was testing   
   that, it started to look very odd or even confusing, for example with:   
      
     $ dpkg-scanpackages --no-arch-all --arch=all .   
      
   And while --no-implicit-arch-all, at least makes clear it's about the   
   arch being implicit, it also seemed very long (so less ergonomic). I'm   
   not sure I see a difference with using the plural archs though. :)   
      
   Thanks,   
   Guillem   
      
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