From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 14:45:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5683110656A7; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tabthorpe@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f186.google.com (mail-qy0-f186.google.com [209.85.221.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC858FC13; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tabthorpe@gmail.com) Received: by qyk16 with SMTP id 16so131438qyk.3 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:45:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:reply-to:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1z+SX9At+hXByhR13TpV4sumCAMh/WHqlgOXT54z7us=; b=fodDOV2nJk3lVN+EeTfyJIkokqJ7pet047f87XTTtJuqOtMj3slv8O0GvO47pMUeAa l15L7JiWiOGzIwFlNed18dqaTM9S2adMe+r6BFmKs3yOAWJVi9tVyJP5Zb5S8w//gqcG mLKeAL9hL9sUlNBcbWbBtvi9UkqpG5VWj8JKc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ECxpDt8Dzbx67qnSe44kBr2RJRgdx1HfrNTKK3yweA4DuYs2P9TEUHG3gWHo8ADpvr y6CkuGLrtyPqurFEEJFVh4cKF2HG9sh/nIdqnYnkor0+k2YnWellei8z4dXTWkmYFzUP xikyZuqtwAn8gzCqaKjphlesuquT+hue+QKxQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: tabthorpe@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.19.130 with SMTP id a2mr104657qab.316.1245766428159; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:13:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <200906181114.43935.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <4A3B3524.7090606@FreeBSD.org> <200906191020.25037.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <200906221948.31366.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <4A4030FE.1020804@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:13:48 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: b9610fcda8c0b806 Message-ID: <3f6a88120906230713kf44c826x928beea65adf6c0e@mail.gmail.com> From: Thomas Abthorpe To: utisoft@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New category proposal, i18n X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:45:46 -0000 2009/6/23 Chris Rees : > 2009/6/23 Doug Barton : >> Thomas Abthorpe wrote: >>> To have localization, you need internationalization, so from this, I stand by >>> my original proposal of i18n. >> >> I have no objection to your reasoning, but continue to object to the >> specific string. If you're going to go down this road then >> "internationalization" would be the better choice. >> >> Doug >> > > I would agree with Doug. We're in the days of tab-completion, and > typing 'in' will suffice to get there. I for one *hate* numbers > in paths; it takes one's hand off the letters. Also, I had to look up > i18n to find out what it was... Categories should be immediately > descriptive. > > Also, the French have to use Shift to type numbers; it's even more of > a pain for them! > > Chris > > You have struck a chord with numbers in the path, reminds me of the pre-Xorg days with /usr/X11R6, not sure what I disliked more, the capital letters or the numbers! I hereby relent, and yield to the logic of the arguments placed before me, I now agree that using internationalization for the category name is a better idea. Thanks for your persistence folks, the feedback is appreciated :) Thomas -- Thomas Abthorpe, FreeBSD Ports Committer tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org, http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe