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> There are examples of software where additional -v simply increases 
> verbosity level. First example which comes into mind is bzip2.

I use this method a lot.  I'm not sure if getopt supports that
gracefully.  I don't mind if people want to volunteer to switch
programs to getopt (as long as it's the default getopt and not a
custom one) but I don't personally use it.  I never know which getopt
is going to be available.