Re: execline/imagemagick namespace collision

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:44:29PM +0100, Laurent Bercot wrote:
> > Hi, the /command name "import" is allocated for the execline package.
> > Unfortunately the imagemagick package also provides a command "import",
> 
>  ImageMagick provides a lot of "generic" command names, which don't
> fit well in a global naming scheme. The problem has been reported to
> them more times than I can remember ; AFAIK, they didn't answer.

Well, you can say the same for the execline package.  It uses command
names like import, cd, define, exec, exit, export, if, shift, wait,
puts them into /command, and actually should also put them into
/usr/local/bin according to http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage/management.html

>  Most people I know prefix the ImageMagick command names with "IM",
> so that there's no confusion. Another approach, better suited to
> the /package way, might be to always use the explicit path :
> /opt/ImageMagick/bin/import vs. /package/admin/execline/command/import.

I would rather see the conflict resolved differently.

Regards, Gerrit.
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