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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] dev-libs => dev-cpp moves
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 18:49:32
Message-Id: 200505091451.49974.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] dev-libs => dev-cpp moves by Phil Richards
1 On Monday 09 May 2005 02:23 pm, Phil Richards wrote:
2 > On 2005-05-09, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
3 > > On Monday 09 May 2005 08:35 am, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
4 > > > On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 23:41 -0400, Aaron Walker wrote:
5 > > > > There are a sleu of C++-only libs in dev-libs that IMO belong in
6 > > > > dev-cpp:
7 > > >
8 > > > dev-cpp sounds like stuff releated to a C pre-processor? Can't
9 > > > categories contain the '+' char? e.g dev-c++?
10 > >
11 > > we did relax the requirement on package names so they can contain '+' in
12 > > them, but i think we should keep our unspoken anal rules about category
13 > > names ... only alphanumeric and a single '-'
14 > > -mike
15 >
16 > Might I suggest dev-cxx? CXX is a fairly common ASCIIfication of C++,
17 > after all.
18
19 maybe, but cpp is almost as common and not really worth the hassle of a
20 category rename
21 -mike
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