Re: Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...)

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:41:52PM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>
> For the record, I think any renaming is a terrible idea, and a solution
> in search of a problem. Any change, no matter how long it takes, will
> break untold number of scripts, make us look bad, and frustrate
> people, similar to the way that implicit cast removal did in 8.3, but
> without the Very Good Reason to show people why we made the change.

I agree with everything in the above. It would be easier for new users if
we spelled it "list files" instead of "ls", and much safer if "su -; rm -rf
/" always caused an error. But we have to live with the world we have, not
the alternate universe contemplated in the _UNIX Haters' Handbook_. It is
too late to change command names, even if it were a good idea.

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