> This is bad.
....
I think that the second option would be better. Users might
[will]
have scripts which use the old syntax. Aren't we supposed to be more
or less backwards compatible within a major version?
yes
However distance is a more "proper" name for the parameter IMHO.
So keep it as distance in 7 maybe?
in devbr6 and relbr6_4 I have added backwards compatibility aliases for
the removed options. so all should be ok again.
Hamish