Patrice Dumas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> During the review for inclusion in fedora extras a reviewer found
> that some files of elektra had names that were to common, and could
> lead to name clash. The issue is in fact very relevant for kdb,
> with kdb itself, kdb.h and kdb.1 kdb.3.
>
> I think that the include files should be in a directory, and therefore
> end up in, say,
> /usr/include/elektra
> This should be changed without creating issues since elektra uses
> pkgconfig. I think this really should be done. And kdb.h could have a
> more relevant name like elektra-keys.h.
>
+1 with the minor change that kdb.h should instead be called
elektra/keys.h. That is, if the include directory is /usr/include it
should be /usr/include/elektra/keys.h.
>
> The kdb executable could also have its name changed to something
> more relevant, and similarly with kdbd. Indeed these names don't
> show that they are part of elektra. For example kdb could be
> elektra-admin, or elektra-cmd, or something along those lines.
> and kdbd could be elektrad, or kdb-server.
Just a couple more suggestions:
kdb -> elektra-tool (maybe elektra-client?)
kdbd -> elektra-server (or maybe elektra-daemon?)
>
> The changes in executable names will be much more painful, so it
> should be considered carefully wether they are needed or not.
I don't have much say in this, but I think they ought to be done. There
is no excuse for three and four-letter command names unless it is stuff
that is used *all* the time. Shell scripts can use
KDB=elektra-tool (or whatever the final name ends up being)
$KDB bla
$KDB blabla
...
>
> Symlinks or hardlinks could be used for a given number of releases
> or some amount of time to keep backward compatibility.
+0. Don't we want the breakage sooner rather than later? Packagers can
always add the necessary symlinks to their packages if they so desire.
Cheers,
--
Bardur Arantsson
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