Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:21:54 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@dougbarton.net> To: Sergei Kolobov <sergei@kolobov.com> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED Message-ID: <3FE10F42.7030208@dougbarton.net> In-Reply-To: <20031217060754.GA714@chetwood.ru> References: <200312162127.hBGLRMUF039206@repoman.freebsd.org> <20031217022824.GA26180@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031217060754.GA714@chetwood.ru>
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Sergei Kolobov wrote: > I have mixed feelings about this myself, however: > - the software refers to itself as "MailScanner", in Perl module name, > all paths and filenames We have some other perl stuff that defies the case sensitive convention, but I don't like that either. :) Also, is this thing a perl module? If so, then there should be a p5- prepended to the port name. THAT convention is well enough engrained to be outside dispute. > - I suggested to the maintainer that PORTNAME should be changed to > MailScanner, in order to make the paths and names consistent with the > software's own naming scheme I think that your advice here was bad. All due respect. The value of having a consistent name space in the ports tree far exceeds the value of consistency with the path names of the installed software. FWIW, Doughome | help
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