'Build' utility must have a new name.

Kent Boogaart kentcb at internode.on.net
Sat Jul 29 19:33:24 PDT 2006


duild-o?

I like dbuild.

KB

"Derek" <derek at psyc.ward> wrote in message 
news:jq6ezl23l08e.1qvo0qdaexhy0.dlg at 40tude.net...
> According to some, the utility progam that I'm responsible for, currently
> called 'Build' has a poor choice as a name. So may I please ask the D
> community for nominations of a new name for the utility?
>
> I quote ...
> "
> build is rather common and collision prone name. I'm not even talking 
> about
> googlin' it. In *nix environments you can expect other tools to use 
> "build"
> binary or Linux user to use build as an alias or something like that.
>
> While I'm doing D-related packages for ArchLinux? - I can say that many
> package maintainers (especially those with maaany packages) will change
> binary name from build to something else. The problems is - it should be
> one, standard name. It is very important for feature build/configure
> scripts to use one hardcoded name that will not change. Imagine that 
> debian
> people will rename build to dbuild and suse to dlang-build. Building
> project using build will be mess then - no simple instructions can be give
> to common linux user and dummy Makefiles (that will just run build
> transparently will get complicated. Things gets complicated -> D fans 
> loose
> much.
>
> If build wants to be standard D tool on Linux it has to change binary name
> and stay with it.
> "
>
> I have no investment in any specific name for the utility, so give me some
> ideas. I'll attempt to sort out a consensus for a new name but if I can't
> I'll just pick one anyhow.
>
> -- 
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> "Down with mediocrity!" 





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