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exp run: rename --temp? #5826
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Extracted from #5814 cc @dmpetrov
"The--tempoption name is a bit confusing. I'd prefer something like--background."
We actually discussed the term "background" recently (for docs) and decided that it's misleading: exp run --background may sound like $ exp run & (on Linux). In reality there's no background process, but rather the experiment runs "outside the workspace" — the phrase we use in docs. That said, "temporary" is also not the best concept.
Ideas: --outside ,--foreign, or --adj(acent).
Or if we're sticking with the current implementation-detail-based name, maybe --tmp (no e, as in .dvc/tmp)
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[-]`exp run`: rename `--temp`[/-][+]`exp run`: rename `--temp`?[/+]jorgeorpinel commentedon Apr 16, 2021
Users may understand that
--queueruns in "tmp dirs" though so that's an argument for keeping--tmp. E.g. #5800jorgeorpinel commentedon Apr 16, 2021
Unless
--tmpruns are made the default again, rel. #5750 (comment), in which case the option would no longer exist this issue can be closed.