Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

[Andrew Savchenko]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 08:55:05 -0600 Gordon Pettey wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
> wrote:
[...]
> > OK, let's say "should", or ever better explain details, e.g.:
> >
> >   All newly created categories should follow "group-qualificator"
> > pattern, a name without hyphen is allowed for a "virtual" category
> > and for compatibility reasons in overlays.
> >
>
> If PMS is going to specify that, there ought to be better reasoning then
> "that's how it's always been done." What concrete benefit is there to
> _requiring_ hyphenated categories?

Let's not mix different issues together: problems are much easier
to solve with "divide and conqueror" approach than with "pile up
and suffocate". PMS already have a statement about hyphen and all I
want is to make it clearer.

Why we have this requirement is another story. I'm not a PMS author
thus I can't give you an authoritative answer here. The standard
job is not to describe *why*, but to describe *how*.

As for why, IMO it makes it easier to navigate through the list of
categories. At least it was that way for me when I started to use
Gentoo.

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko