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On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:24:29 -0500 |
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Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Ciaran McCreesh |
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> <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:02:48 -0500 |
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> > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> The devmanual states: |
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> >> |
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> >> The name section should contain only lowercase non-accented |
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> >> letters, the digits 0-9, hyphens, underscores and plus characters. |
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> >> Uppercase characters are strongly discouraged, but technically |
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> >> valid. |
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> >> |
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> >> https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> Why are uppercase characters strongly discouraged? |
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> >> |
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> >> Wouldn't it make sense to follow upstream's naming convention? |
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> > |
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> > What's upstream's naming convention for Firefox? |
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> I have no idea. What's your point? |
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That naming conventions are generally complicated and a mess, and that |
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no-one wants to have to remember whether it's firefox, Firefox, or |
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FireFox. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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