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>>>>> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> [...] we've always had mixed case in the tree and anything that |
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> parses the tree/ebuilds must support both if it has any chance of |
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> working. this isnt going to change. |
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I think everyone agrees on this one. |
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>> That doesn't necessarily imply that they should be used all over |
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>> the tree. |
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> if it makes maintaining a package easier (as appears to be the case |
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> for Joe), then there's no technical reason whatsoever to tell him |
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> otherwise. if you dislike mixed case, then dont use it. but Joe is |
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> free to do so. |
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Shouldn't the rationale be to make it easy for users, not for |
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maintainers? |
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Ulrich |
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