[gentoo-portage-dev] Ebuild - portage variable names

[Boris Vinogradov]

I use gentoo about 8 year. I already try to write ebuild for my package but
I think it's difficult to everyone who do it in the first time.

Because ebuild have strange short name for common portage variable such as
{P}, {PV}, {PN} etc. Another developers use these modified variables with
name and preffix MY, for example {MY_P}, {MY_PV}. I think it isn't readable
because everyone who read and write ebuilds sometime may be foget their
means.

I propouse to use human readble variable names for portage variables, such
as {PATH} instead {P}, {PACKAGE_N}/{PACKAGE_NAME} instead {PN}, etc...
Human isn't a computer who knowns evething point of
https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html and other
portage internals.

I think it's major for everyone gentoo developer because ebuild is face of
portage system and main component of gentoo unique feature.

Thanks,
Boris Vinogradov