Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 20:25:40 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gratuitous name changes (was: libalias and ident) Message-ID: <19990114202540.C88792@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199901140859.IAA44254@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 08:59:51AM %2B0000 References: <91306.916286248@zippy.cdrom.com> <199901140859.IAA44254@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 08:59:51AM +0000, Brian Somers wrote: > If libalias changes to libnat, I'd prefer to just change the ppp flag > to -nat, update the ppp version to 2.1 and update > src/usr.sbin/ppp/README.changes, otherwise I'll be running around > with the crud forever. > > But this isn't necessarily a good idea as it may attract a pile of > ``why the hell did you break my configuration for no good reason'' > messages. I think the old option should stay around for backwards compatibility through at least one branch; however, I'd also suggest adding -nat as an option _now_, as -alias is pretty non-intuitive. Of course, as you'll probably have to deal with the largest amount of crud, you're free to make the choice. > Of course it's not guaranteed that libalias will change to libnat, > there's another thread starting on -hackers about that :-) It's also > possible to change the ppp flag, even if libalias isn't renamed. As we'll have to do really significant API changes if this is to work, I don't think it matters much if it keep the same name, so we could just as well rename it when we have the chance. Whether apps use libalias.so v1 vs libalias.so v2 or libalias v1 vs libnat v1 should IMO not really matter much from the point of view of the program - and then we can get rid of our private terminology. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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