From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 09:00:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C4616A505; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:00:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv01.sparkit.no (srv01.sparkit.no [193.69.116.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 575FD43D46; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:00:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ws ([193.69.114.88]) by srv01.sparkit.no (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2BH0JBs005204; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:00:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from eivind@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ws (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ws (8.12.9/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2BH08iu019664; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:00:08 GMT (envelope-from eivind@ws) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by ws (8.12.9/8.12.10/Submit) id i2BH07hO019638; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:00:07 GMT (envelope-from eivind) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:59:07 +0000 From: Eivind Eklund To: Mark Linimon Message-ID: <20040311165907.GB19286@FreeBSD.org> References: <20040310140608.C875@bo.vpnaa.bet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: "cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org" cc: Doug Barton cc: "cvs-all@FreeBSD.org" cc: "ports-committers@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc/gmat Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:00:41 -0000 On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:23:26PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > > I'm very uncomfortable with this commit. Mostly on the principle that > > anything that reduces individual expression is bad, however I honestly > > don't understand what you're trying to "fix" here. > > > > If there is honestly a problem with the capitalization of the address, > > why isn't it solved at your end? What am I missing here? > > My code sorts on a case-insensitive basis, since email addresses > AFAIK are case-insensitive. It is merely a matter of seeing certain > addresses catch my eye again and again on my reports. > > There seems to be a trend to, in both ports and documentation, to > canonicalize the style of our email addresses as FreeBSD.org. I had > even thought such a thing might be controversial; I thought it was > "just the way we did things." We decided on FreeBSD.org as "official capitalization" after a bikeshed (on the -doc list, IIRC) sometime in the 1998-1999 (possibly early 2000) timeframe. I'm not sure whether this has been documented somewhere or not. > I will avoid all such commits in the future -- unless someone decides > to define a policy. Feel free to back this change out if you wish. The policy is that we should use consistent capitalization in order to give a consistent image and increase "brand recognition". Or at least it was that the last time this was up for discussion. Eivind.