From owner-svn-doc-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 17:09:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6922E164; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:09:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36E668FC15; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:09:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pakbsde14.localnet (unknown [38.105.238.108]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95181B9A6; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:09:36 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Glen Barber Subject: Re: svn commit: r40000 - projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:50:16 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110714-p22; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201211151440.qAFEeLYN099713@svn.freebsd.org> <201212121124.01664.jhb@freebsd.org> <20121212221953.GJ1314@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <20121212221953.GJ1314@glenbarber.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201212141150.17025.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:09:36 -0500 (EST) Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk X-BeenThere: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for doc projects trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:09:37 -0000 On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:19:53 pm Glen Barber wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:24:01AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:13:49 pm Glen Barber wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 01:05:54PM -0500, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > > > Isn't the actual application just "pkg"? It's unclear to what extent we > > > > really need to be talking about pkgng using the string "pkgng". > > > > > > > > > > The name of the application is pkgng. The name of the command is pkg. > > > > This is not a very future proof name. Do we get pkgngng next, or will it be > > pkgds9? I think pkgng is fine for a WIP name, but once it moves to production > > status it should really just be called 'pkg'. > > > > In my view, the differentation made here can be equated to OpenOffice. > For example, the name of the application (as a whole) is OpenOffice, but > the name of the program for writing a document file is Writer. That's fine, but it's not "New Office" or "New New Office". It's specifically the "ng" part of the name that I think is not suitable for long-term use. > We also have things like "syslogng", that has been around forever. Just because they named their software poorly doesn't mean we have to. -- John Baldwin