Hi Chris, Chris Bennett wrote on Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:43:46AM -0600:
> Should a new set of names be created Don't focus on the colour of the bikeshed, focus on fixing bugs, improving code quality, and improving usability, the latter ideally without adding new elements to the user interface, as far as possible. Look at innovations.html. New names exist, but mostly for programs providing completely new functionality. Even drastically reducing interface size does not always require a new name, consider httpd(8). Exceptions do exist, for example when you want to stress that you are not at all aiming at a full replacement and want to call people's attention to that fact that drastic reduction of functionality is intentional, consider sudo(8). > Keep using printcap file for new work or put an example into a man > page for legacy users and create a new /etc file for printing? Hard to say. Usually, at least a rough overview of desired functionality is required to design a good user interface. At this point, i wouldn't focus on modifying the user interface. Too few patches have been seen to even judge the direction this is heading. Yours, Ingo
