[Bug 560176] Review Request: clpbar - Show information about a data transfer

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--- Comment #5 from David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> 2010-02-01 20:51:54 EST ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> Well, the name of the project is clpbar ("Command Line Progress Bar").
> At least /usr/bin/clpbar would be a little bit less generic.
> 
> 
> > I'm not sure what we'd be saving that name for.
> 
> Why would we want to occupy the name for this tool?
> 
> $ bar
> ============================================================
> $
> 
> > Also, given that this is a command line utility, given
> > it a more complex name makes it more difficult to
> > use at the command line.    
> 
> alias clpbar=/usr/bin/command-line-progress-bar
> alias bar=command-line-progress-bar
> alias di=debuginfo-install
> 
> ;)    

So why not install all of the GNU coreutils with program prefix of 'g' or
better yet 'gnu-coreutils-' and require people to select the commands they want
via shell aliases?  I mean, at some point in time someone might want to port
the BSD ls command to Fedora and then we'd have a difficult time naming
commands.

I'm not trying to defend the name 'bar' for this command.  To me, we should
install programs as named by the authors unless they conflict with something
else already part of the system.  Reserving command names for possible future
use seems a bit subjective and pointless.

That said, I'll work up a change to this package and repost because I really
don't care what the name is so long as the package can enter Fedora and I don't
need to keep carrying it along on the side.

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