Re: [HEADSUP] naming of tty devices.

From: Eivind Eklund (eivind_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 09/21/04

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To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>

    On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 05:42:46PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
    > What about contracting `.init|lock' to just `i|l', like we have with all
    > (most) other device names out there (i.e., acd0t0, not acd0track0) -- long
    > device names is a thing to avoid, IMHO.

    Please state a rationale for this.

    To me, long device names often means device names that tell me what is
    going on. And these days, EVERYBODY has a shell with filename
    completion - so one of the reasons for the initial choice of short names
    has gone.

    I don't think that names should be long for their own sake, but I think
    they should be intuitive "enough". Extra learning cost and recognition
    cost should only be taken if it has a specific benefit.

    Eivind.
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