On: Graying Linux developers look for new blood

[kragniz]

I believe we're talking about kernel development here, not GNU utilities. However, what naming scheme would you prefer? The command line is fairly unintuitive as it is. I would argue it is preferable to have short, memorable and fast to type names.

[anigbrowl → kragniz]

It is about kernel development, but I think this small issue I've pointed to is symptomatic of the general problem.

These names are short, but not memorable or easily discoverable.

[nsmartt → kragniz]

To be fair, it's entirely possible to create aliases with more intuitive names and dump a "you can type ____ for short" message on each run.

[jlgreco → nsmartt]

Which leads me to suspect that if there were a demand for "a big file to source in your bashrc to alias 'cp' to 'copy'", it would exist. It is not exactly a difficult thing to do, but nobody actually cares enough to do it (probably because it is not actually a problem).

[nsmartt → jlgreco]

I suspect people get used to cp, mv, etc, and then aren't interested in longer versions anymore. I'd still say it'd be a good default.