Name change proposal for rmic, rmiregistry and jar

Thomas Fitzsimmons fitzsim@redhat.com
Sat Jun 19 20:35:00 GMT 2004


Hi,

I propose that we rename rmic to grmic, rmiregistry to grmiregistry and
jar (back to?) to fastjar.

Currently, these tools' names conflict with jpackage.org packaging
conventions, which dictate that /usr/bin/rmic, /usr/bin/rmiregistry and
/usr/bin/jar must be alternatives-managed symlinks.

Likely some people are relying on the names of these gcj-installed
tools.  Packagers will have to create symlinks if they want to provide a
smooth transition to the new names.

Any objections?

Tom




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