Joerg Schilling writes: > Kyle McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not to mention that when Gnu tar was integrated, Solaris already had a > > 'tar' in /usr/bin. > > When 'compare' was integrated (by the first one to request it,) Solaris > > had nothing in /usr/bin/ named 'compare'. > > Could you please explain why some people including you try to "convert" > a general problem (that I mentioned some time ago) into a personal problem? > > It seems that this is just to pretend it is less important than it really is. > > The general problem is that conflicting names cannot be in /usr/bin in order > to avoid problems that cannot be solved by changing PATH. Please do not try > to > divert from this general problem.
But there's no such conflict. We do not (and have never) searched the known Universe for possible conflicts that may possibly live in somebody's home directory. They're just not relevant, no matter what time/date stamp might be on that file. You're asking for us to be reasonable, so I think we should ask the same in return: I don't think it's at all reasonable to block the project that's moving /usr/sfw/bin/compare to /usr/bin/compare on the theoretical problem that somebody, someday, maybe, might want to integrate some other program that happens to install with the same name. Under that theory, there are essentially an arbitrary number of "conflicts" -- because we don't have the history of the world right at hand. The conflict exists if there's a name established somewhere in the OpenSolaris realm. If there is no such name, then there's no conflict, and we're down to just evaluating potential choices. At that level, and considering the relative popularity of ImageMagick, it seems like the right choice was made. You might not like that answer, but belaboring it and purposefully insulting the people involved when the decision has been explained in excruciating detail really isn't doing you any good. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
