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> Looking pretty good now - we're getting close :) More comments below ..
> [...]
+1
> OK, so now pmiostat has been pcp-foo'erized but there is no pmiostat
> symlink. Also the man page has disappeared after the upgrade (see below).
This is accidental I think, there must be at least a symlink for back-compat.
> [...] but my question above
> still stands - what are people's thoughts on this? I personally don't
> really like it, which is why I originally shipped pmiostat rather
> than pcp-iostat (and also because pmiostat isn't an exact drop in
> replacement for iostat .. the latter has too many warts and the args
> can never match up aynway) - I'm a complete and utter anti-sysstat
> bigot!
:) I think the realities of providing drop-in replacements mean its a
losing battle chasing perfect exactness, and look-alikes will have to do.
re install location, the intention was always to let people choose, cos
different people have different needs/ideas. For me - over time I hope
to build up the front end tools we have with more look-alikes, and the
thought of so many pm* tools in the system PATH /usr/bin gives me pause.
Also, if we were to enforce pm*, many will involve swallowing your own
tongue trying to pronounce the names (like pmmpstat - pcp-mpstat is alot
clearer). There's pros and cons both ways, and we can get best of both
with the symlink approach when need be.
cheers.
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Nathan
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