[GRASS-dev] GRASS 7: renaming of some modules

[Paul Kelly]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Markus Neteler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to rename a set of modules as outlined in
> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_7_ideas_collection#rename
>
> Raster:
> * rename r.in.gdal to r.import
> * rename r.out.gdal to r.export
>
> Vector:
> * rename v.in.ogr to v.import
> * rename v.out.ogr to v.export
> * rename v.mkgrid to v.grid
>
> Database:
> * rename db.in.ogr to db.import
>
> Any objections (the motivation is obvious)? I would also update

Hi Markus,
Can you elaborate on the motivation? As it is I feel an obvious objection 
is that this implies there is no other way to import raster and vector 
data than through GDAL and OGR respectively - but I count 8 r.in.*, 14 
r.out.*, 4 v.in.* and 6 v.out.* modules in 7.x. So IMHO it is confusing.

Also v.mkgrid is IMHO clearer than v.grid - in the latter it is not 
so obvious what the module does with the grid. I guess it is consistent 
with the names of other vector modules though. But changing a module's 
name is always confusing (choice of a good initial name for a new module 
is thus VERY important).

Paul