Re: registration request

Paul Jarc schrieb folgendes am Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 04:21:21PM -0400:
> Stefan Karrmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > b) The name gnu-ed-spi and gnu-red-spi ? (Nobody will use them.)
> 
> Do this, but also have /command/ed -> gnu-ed-spi.

Why should I enter gnu-ed-spi into /command if nobody will use it?
Isn't /package/editor/ed-spi/cmd-loc/ed not a better place?

Furthermore, the symlink uses the name ed in /command. This generates
conflicts between different implementations of ed. Or must I register
_my_ variant to win the race? Dan does not want/allow this and he is
right. That's why I suggest spalternatives.

> > c) Or a package named spalternatives that symlinks command ed to
> > /package/editor/ed-spi/command-unregistered/ed, or
> > /package/editor/sun-ed-spi/command-unregistered/ed, etc?
> 
> You don't need a package for that.

A program can group symlinks, e.g. a group `ed' which defines
symlinks for ed, ed.man, ed.info. Each group can have several
instances, e.g. gnu-ed, sun-ed, etc. This has the advantage that
the documentation is consistent with the program.

Moreover, different variants of the same classical Un*x command can
provide an instance (i.e. a cdb) of its group, which will make
administration quite easy and _avoids_ conflicts as far as possible,
if ed must be in /command.

-- 
Stefan Karrmann