Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: Michael Haubenwallner <haubi@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] [PREFIX] <- what's our name actually?
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:02:39
Message-Id: 1205773218.28378.57.camel@sapc154.salomon.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] [PREFIX] <- what's our name actually? by Fabian Groffen
1 On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 17:20 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
2 > On 17-03-2008 16:20:53 +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
3 > > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 15:18 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
4 > > > Hey peepz,
5 > > >
6 > > > Triggered by last GMN, in which we got a little PR for haubi and jokey's
7 > > > efforts at Chemnitzer LinuxTage, I went looking at our project page(s),
8 > > > e.g. [1] and started wondering what the name of our project actually
9 > > > should be... Sofar we seem to have:
10 > > > - Gentoo/Alt:Prefix
11 > > > - Gentoo Prefix
12 > > > - Prefix
13 > > > - Prefix Portage
14 > > > - Prefixed Portage
15 > > > - Portage Prefix
16 > > > - Gentoo Prefixed Portage
17 > > > ...
18 > > >
19 > > > Maybe it's time to get consistent, but to what? Any ideas, opinions?
20 > > > (everyone welcome to respond)
21 > >
22 > > +1 for "Gentoo Prefix" (in opposite to "Gentoo Linux"):
23 > >
24 > > "Some Mac OS X hosting a Gentoo Prefix."
25 > > "Install a Gentoo Prefix on Interix and you are happy."
26 > > "Do your AIX dlls like you can see in Gentoo Prefix." (ehm...)
27 > >
28 > > Or maybe my english is just too bad?
29 >
30 > No opinion on that, but "Gentoo Prefix" may be just the best thing
31 > indeed, Alt is a bit irrelevant here...
32 >
33 > Gentoo Linux, Gentoo/FreeBSD and Gentoo Prefix. With/without '/'?
34
35 I'd say without '/'.
36 And depending on POV, it may still be consistent with "Gentoo/FreeBSD".
37
38 /haubi/
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40 Michael Haubenwallner
41 Gentoo on a different level
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