Stefan Fuhrmann wrote: > When that tool got "promoted" to live under ./subversion, > we already had a short discussion on whether to keep the > hyphen in its name. I've been against the rename only > because of it being already released in 1.8 with the "-" in it. > Relevant dev@ thread: > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-dev/201408.mbox/%3c53f34efb.5070...@collab.net%3E > > I've changed my mind. The name simply looks odd and I > feel we should get rid of this idiosyncrasy before it takes > too much hold. IMO, sparing future confusion on the user > side on how to spell tool names outweighs the inconvenience > of teaching a few current users. So, let's rename it in 1.9. > > Pro: > + consistent naming of tools; svn-bench would be the sole exception > > Con: > - some people have seen the tool and may have used it > with its current name > > Neutral: > * renames have happened in the past (e.g. mucc -> svnmucc) > * many distributions didn't even ship a compiled version of svn-bench
+1. I agree with your pros and cons and that the pros outweigh the cons. - Julian
