UNIX admin writes:
> > If you want to rename compare you will need to take
> > this up with
> > the ImageMagick folks.
>
> That is not the approach that was taken when GNU tar was integrated as
> `gtar`, was it?
No, because 'gtar' is a well-known disambiguator (even the GNU tar
sources search for tar as 'gnutar' and 'gtar') that predates our use,
and because we have /usr/gnu/bin for those few who really want tar to
live with GNU horns.
There's no such variation of the ImageMagick components that will work
or that will be compatible with other platforms.
> And whoever integrated it didn't get the developers/maintainers of GNU tar to
> rename him (the GNU tape archiver), did they?
That's true; that wasn't done because there already was a well-known
solution so no special concerns were raised.
> > I don't see why we should rename something because of
> > a conflict with
> > something we do not ship.
>
> You probably (I hope) didn't mean this the way you wrote it, because it comes
> off as:
>
> "if we don't ship it, it doesn't exist"
>
> and, just because (Open)Solaris isn't shipping something today, that does not
> mean it won't be shipping that something tomorrow, which is why I believe you
> probably didn't mean it that way; the way you put it is unfortunate.
To an approximation, if it's not something that has been ARC reviewed
and integrated, then it's not a conflict. We can't solve all the
world's conflicts; we have to worry about ours.
Obviously, if someone wanted to ship his own version of some well-
known program that we don't currently ship, or otherwise pick a famous
name, we'd likely have some sharp questions to ask, but in terms of
having a conflict requiring that utility to be placed in /usr/gnu/bin
(or some such), I think we'd be in less obvious territory.
In this case, though, LSARC discussed something that was already
reviewed and already integrated into the /usr/sfw/bin ghetto,
something that is commonly known and used on many other platforms, and
the project team wanted to move it over to /usr/bin. Per the rules we
came up with in PSARC 2005/185 ("Enabling serendipitous discovery")
and 2007/047 ("/usr/gnu"), they were doing something that was fairly
obvious and good, and the LSARC members agreed with them.
I happen to agree with LSARC.
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