Joerg Schilling wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> For this reason, the "compare" from imagemagick either needs to be renamed >>> or it needs to be put into a different directory. >> >> Your compare command gives a name clash with ImageMagick's compare command; >> why don't you rename yours? > > Looks like you are unwilling to cooperate! > > Why should I rename that exists in the public for a long time just because > some uncooperative people reused the name?
In order to compromise and to move forward. Otherwise you just look demanding, unwilling to make any change and difficult to work with so people will eventually just start ignoring you. If that is the stance you want to take that is your choice but don't expect others to change if you aren't willing to. Oldest provable use isn't what matters, sometimes "most popular elsewhere" is what is most important and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it is just first past the post is what wins and in this case ImageMagick one. When it comes to generic names (which unfortunately ImageMagick is full of) I personally would prefer that it wasn't allowed unless they were really generic. However UNIX is full of stuff like this already cancel,accept etc. It is very important for adoption of OpenSolaris distributions that in some cases when OpenSolaris imports external technology that we do so in the most appropriate way, in the ImageMagick case that means not changing the default program names. -- Darren J Moffat _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
