RE: svn commit: r1618860 - in /subversion/trunk: build.conf subversion/svn-bench/ tools/client-side/svn-bench/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Reser [mailto:ben_at_reser.org]
> Sent: dinsdag 19 augustus 2014 15:56
> To: dev_at_subversion.apache.org; Stefan Fuhrmann
> Cc: commits_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r1618860 - in /subversion/trunk: build.conf
> subversion/svn-bench/ tools/client-side/svn-bench/
>
> On 8/19/14 2:40 PM, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> > Define "published". I don't see svn-bench installed on my Subversion
> > 1.8 system. We renamed "mucc" to "svnmucc" when we promoted it to
> > first-class binary status after it had already been "published" in the
> > 'tools' area in *several* minor release streams.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure all 8 users of svn-bench will understand and forgive you
> > for the change. ;-)
>
> Fedora is already shipping svn-bench. I wouldn't be surprised if others are as
> well. mucc had to be changed because it lacked any sort of svn prefix. I
> don't see the value in changing the name of a rarely used tool just to remove
> a
> hyphen.

If it is a rarely used tool, which is already shipped in the location where it used to be... Why did we decide to move it?

Do we want more packagers to ship it?
In that case those packagers didn't before, and I don't see why we can't change the name for them.

(I noticed that FreeBSD started installing the 'diff', 'diff3', etc. tools though.. But with 'svn-' prefix.

We never promised stability and compatibility for this tool before promoting it.

...
Then...

Perhaps 'svn-' is a better prefix for the tools that aren't supposed to be used directly by any ordinary user...

        Bert
Received on 2014-08-19 16:12:25 CEST