Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:25:59 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>, Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Subject: Re: svn commit: r196200 - in head: etc/mtree include sys/dev/mfi usr.sbin usr.sbin/mfiutil Message-ID: <4A9383F7.30102@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <76094077-6E36-45DF-B717-3C7884377A89@lassitu.de> References: <200908132318.n7DNIjvO015601@svn.freebsd.org> <20090823143840.GD61707@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <76094077-6E36-45DF-B717-3C7884377A89@lassitu.de>
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Stefan Bethke wrote: > > Am 23.08.2009 um 16:38 schrieb Jeremie Le Hen: > >> Wouldn't it be more reasonable to use a standard >> suffix for all dedicated admin utility such as vidcontrol, memcontrol, >> kbdcontrol: >> >> % 59# find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin -name \*control | wc -l >> % 25 >> % 60# find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin -name \*config | wc -l >> % 13 > > > $ find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin -name \*ctl | wc -l > 12 > $ find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin -name \*cfg | wc -l > 1 > $ find /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin -name \*util | wc -l > 3 > > I'm afraid that train's left long ago. > > > Stefan > Both mptutil and mfiutil originated at Yahoo, where we have other utilities with a "util" suffix. Ultimately, I'm trying to reduce diffs between freebsd and ybsd, and it's not going to be productive for me to arbitrarily rename these programs, no matter what the aesthetic rationale might be. And, as Stefan aptly points out, there is no overwhelming aesthetic rationale anyways. Scott
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