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From: Markus Nigbur <pYrania@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming?
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:11:20
Message-Id: 20031118011111.40f0441e.pYrania@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming? by William Kenworthy
1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:18:42 +0800
2 William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote:
3
4 > I dont see a problem with branding in this case (other than gentoo-*
5 > sounding a bit ... odd!)
6 >
7 > how many other tools such as g-cpan.pl exist that few know about: is
8 > there a consolidated list of these tools and what they do? If not,
9 > some kind of consistent, hierarchal naming scheme will be a godsend!
10 >
11 > So I am suggesting
12 > g-update-etc, g-update-opengl
13 > g-install-cpan, g-install-cran
14 > g-config-distcc, g-config-java
15 > and so on
16 >
17 > BillK
18
19 Well, the whole idea is good, but those names are really considerable
20 stupid-looking :(
21 But apparently i can't think of anything better.
22
23 -- Markus
24
25 --
26 Markus Nigbur
27 Gentoo Developer
28 http://www.gentoo.org

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Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming? Peter Ruskin <Peter.Ruskin@×××××××××.com>