[HEADSUP] naming of tty devices.

[Eivind Eklund]

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.