linux-kernel - Re: getrichacl(1) man page review comments

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Message-ID: <1505883.O2zQ69A2Zb@merkaba>
Date:	Sun, 07 Feb 2016 19:16:40 +0100
From:	Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: getrichacl(1) man page review comments

Am Sonntag, 7. Februar 2016, 17:30:49 CET schrieb Michael Kerrisk (man-pages):
> Hello Andreas,
> 
> Here, some comments on the getrichacl(1) page.

I know that the command names are based on setfacl and getfacl. But sometimes 
I still wonder about these names. They just don´t fit.

Its chsomething for changing things in Unix traditionally – chown, chmod, 
chattr, chage chsh, you name it –, but there is nothing for querying things. 
So I get where this is coming from, yet I always found setfacl and getfacl 
command names cumbersome.

Sorry, for posting here instead of a previous richacl implementation patchset. 
I fully appreciate that it may be too late to change anything regarding 
command names. Also considering usermod and groupmod the command naming in 
Unix / Linux appears to be a big mess anyway.

Thanks,
-- 
Martin