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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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