[linux-dvb] Re: prefixing dvb userland tools

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

Guido Draheim wrote:
> Perhaps that needs to be discussed globally - the various dvb-related
> packages build a lot of example or not-just-example userland tools. Now,
> there are already quite a number of them and with rpm packaging I tend
> to not look too close but just go over it and install _all_ of them.

IMHO that's bad. You shouldn't go and install crap on your
or some unsuspecting user's system. You should only what is
actually useful.

> In order to not stomp over userland tools of other packages or some
> small helper tools from the user himself, I did invoke the habit to
> package all the dozens of tools with a prefix. That itself allows me
> to just go the commandline, and enter "dvb_<tab><tab>" to see all the
> dvb-related tools - here is an example list:

I don't like that. If there is a reason to rename
some of the programs, then we should do it in our CVS
(e.g. scan was renamed to dvbscan recently because there
was a conflict with some other "scan" [reported by suse]).

But you cannot go and create aliases for all the progams.
Well, you can do it on your system, but please not in an
RPM you are going to distribute to others. That will just
confuse people.

> So, I come about to ask _all_ developers in the dvb scene to somehow
> change their habits and start using a "dvb" prefix for their userland
> tools. It is perfectly okay to use short names for my-cvs-devel tools
> but now we are going to see dvb* packages be distributed widely and
> perhaps even preinstalled with some distros - atleast the dvb drivers
> themselves now are with 2.6, and userland tools will follow quickly.

Sorry, I won't rename szap to dvb_szap. IMHO that would be
useless and just annoying. I am open for suggestions if there
is a good reason, like a naming conflict with some other
progam, or if the name really sucks.

Johannes


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