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On 09/21/2013 10:28 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I've repeatedly been contacted by devs who are unhappy with the |
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> abbreviation "PMS" because of the results that show up in search |
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> engines [1]. I've also seen that it was ridiculed. |
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> So, what would you think about renaming to "Gentoo EAPI |
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> Specification"? Project, repository, mailing list etc. could be |
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> renamed to "eapi" (lower case or all caps, as appropriate). |
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> The new name would also match the first paragraph of the introduction |
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> (quoted below) and it would clarify that certain aspects of the |
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> package manager, like the VDB format that came up recently, do not |
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> necessarily fall within the scope of the document. |
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> | This document aims to fully describe the format of an ebuild |
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> | repository and the ebuilds therein, as well as certain aspects of |
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> | package manager behaviour required to support such a repository. |
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> Ulrich |
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> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMS |
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This name collision is unfortunate but if you google for "gentoo pms" or |
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variations, you do get the correct hits. So, are we changing it just to |
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refine searches? |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D. |
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Chair of Information Technology |
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D'Youville College |
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Buffalo, NY 14201 |
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(716) 829-8197 |
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