[osol-discuss] Nameclash on svn_77 because Sun is ignoring PSARC discussions

[Joerg Schilling]

Darren J Moffat <Darren.Moffat at Sun.COM> wrote:

> 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.

So how did these names make it into /usr/bin/?

It usually helps to avoid problems if things are planned instead of just
let them pile up.

BTW: I am still waiting for a reply that signalls the will for cooperation.

Replies like: "we made it, you lost" do not help.

Jörg

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