Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] perf, tools: Add a --no-desc flag to perf list

From: Jiri Olsa <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 14:39:14 +0200

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 02:23:28PM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <[email-masked]>
> 
> Add a --no-desc flag to perf list to not print the event descriptions
> that were earlier added for JSON events. This may be useful to
> get a less crowded listing.
> 
> It's still default to print descriptions as that is the more useful
> default for most users.

I might not be typical user, but the first thing I tried to
explore was 'perf list -v' ;-)

would it be better to have just the list with event names for:
   $ perf list

and with descriptions for:
   $ perf list -v

not sure we already discussed this..

jirka