Bug#504302: lintian: Rename --show-overrides to a --display-* option

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 18:43 +0200, jaalto wrote:
> For canonical option names like these:
> 
>        --display-info
>        --display-experimental
>        ...
> 
> it would be expected to find similarly named:
> 
>        --display-overrides

Renaming an option that's existed for nearly eight years is never a good
idea. I'm not personally convinced it's worth adding a synonym for the
existing option purely for aesthetic reasons; at least, I've never heard
of anyone getting confused by the current name.

Regards,

Adam