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From: Gregorio Guidi <g.guidi@×××.it>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming?
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:17:47
Message-Id: 200311171517.45977.g.guidi@sns.it
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming? by donnie berkholz
1 On Monday 17 November 2003 05:18, donnie berkholz wrote:
2 > >> What if we renamed all the *-config tools to config-* (gcc-config,
3 > >> distcc-config, java-config, etc. would move to config-gcc,
4 > >> config-distcc, config-java, etc.)?
5 > >>
6 > >> This would allow people trying to configure anything to simply type
7 > >> config-<tab> and get a listing of what was available.
8 >
9 > I had imagined renaming anything that was *-update to config-* also for
10 > consistency.
11 >
12 RedHat had a good thought when renamed all his config tools to
13 redhat-config-<tool>.
14 I'm thinking at an admin that comes from another distro and occasionally sits
15 in front of a gentoo box, he could type gentoo-<tab> and get an idea of
16 distro-specific tools.
17
18 Bye.
19 Gregorio Guidi
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