[ZCM] [ZC] 1312/ 2 Comment "proposal for util renaming"

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Issue #1312 Update (Comment) "proposal for util renaming"
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= Comment - Entry #2 by chrisw on May 5, 2004 9:38 am

The .py isn't an implementation detail on windows.

So, I'm in agreement, except the new files hsould still have .py extensions...

Chris
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= Request - Entry #1 by tim_one on May 4, 2004 3:22 pm

>From John Belmonte, on the zodb-dev list:

"""
I'd like to propose a renaming of the utilities currently placed in /usr/bin.  Rationale:

     * some items are generically named, such
       as "fstest".  A packager may be forced to
       rename these, or put them in a /usr/bin/zope
       subdirectory, either of which would break
       compatibility with other distributions.  This
       is the namespace pollution issue again.

     * for some items, such as "repozo", the relevant
       component cannot be discerned from the name.
       This isn't the case for most items, but even
       then the naming is ad hoc.

     * the .py extension is an implementation detail
       and shouldn't be exposed.  The zconfig tool
       follows this already.

     * the proposed names allow discovery through
       shell command completion (for example,
       "zeo-<tab><tab>")

 fsdump.py       zodb-fsdump
 fsrefs.py       zodb-fsrefs
 fstail.py       zodb-fstail
 fstest.py       zodb-fstest
 repozo.py       zodb-fsbackup
 zconfig         zconfig-check
 zeopack.py      zeo-pack
 runzeo.py       zeo-run
 zeopasswd.py    zeo-passwd
 mkzeoinst.py    zeo-mkinst
 zeoctl.py       zeo-ctl
 zdrun.py        zdaemon-run
 zdctl.py        zdaemon-ctl
"""

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