ncurses for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/524 FastTrack timeout 08/22/2008]

[James Carlson]

Alan Coopersmith writes:
> >>                 /usr/bin/gcaptoinfo 
> >>                 /usr/bin/gclear
> >>                 /usr/bin/ginfocmp
> >>                 /usr/bin/ginfotocap
> >>                 /usr/bin/greset
> >>                 /usr/bin/gtack
> >>                 /usr/bin/gtic
> >>                 /usr/bin/gtoe
> >>                 /usr/bin/gtput
> >>                 /usr/bin/gtset
> 
> At least some of those proposed names violate the /usr/gnu/bin & /usr/bin/g*
> guidelines of only doing that for things that conflict with existing /usr/bin
> entries - as there is no /usr/bin/tack or /usr/bin/toe for example, those
> should not be forced into the gnu ghetto.

I don't have a good answer for this one (except perhaps nuking the old
Solaris curses), but I think having /usr/bin/tack coming from one
curses-like implementation and /usr/bin/infocmp coming from a
completely different one would be quite confusing.

Mixing them can't be the right answer, can it?

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