[gmx-developers] Fwd: renaming Gromacs binaries

[hess at sbc.su.se]

Hi,

I agree with Erik on all points.

I also agree on the preference for g_...
Not only because it is shorter, but also because this causes
the least changes.

Berk


> Hi,
>
> I don't really have any super-strong opinion, since we usually use AFS and
> have separate modules for versions, etc., However:
>
> 1. We can have arbitrary prefix/suffix modifiers, but let's not do
> anything more complex (that will be a pain to implement both in autoconf
> and cmake)
>
> 2. I'm a bit hesitant to do any large changes at this point, since we're
> gearing up for some major rearrangements as soon as we've pushed out the
> 4.5 release. We might make grompp optional, use a new tool for fixing up
> structures, merge/change analysis tools, and then it also seems natural to
> decide on a new well-designed naming scheme at that point?
>
> 3. Long-term, I think we need to decide: Either we have a _small_ number
> of programs that get installed e.g. in /usr/local/bin, or a larger number
> in a separate directory.
>
> 4. If I had to choose, my preference would be towards g_XXX right now...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Erik
>
> On Jun 8, 2010, at 7:35 PM, David van der Spoel wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: renaming Gromacs binaries
>> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 08:00:57 -0700
>> From: Peter Kasson <kasson at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: kasson at stanford.edu
>> To: David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>
>>
>> Hi David,
>>  I'd put in a strong vote for having an easy way to maintain the
>> current naming scheme if desired (although it might not be the
>> default).  There are a lot of scripts out there that will get broken,
>> etc...
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Peter
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