Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:11:03 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port Naming Question Message-ID: <200203200111.g2K1BW488306@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> of "19 Mar 2002 11:29:04 EST." <1016555344.299.9.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
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In message <1016555344.299.9.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>, Joe Marcus
Clarke writ
es:
> On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 11:03, Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group
> wrote:
> > I'm working on PR 35376, multi-gnome-terminal. The port is ready for
> > commit, however the port was submitted with a directory name and
> > package name of multi-gnome-terminal. Do I commit the port with the
> > name of multi-gnome-terminal or should I abbreviate it to mgt?
>
> Personally, mgt sounds good. Ports get tagged with -gnome if they can
> build with or without GNOME, but the user chooses to build with it.
> However, the GNOME porting guide doesn't cover a standard naming
> convention.
This port requires gnome, so it does not get tagged with "-gnome".
I've received two responses so far. One for the abbreviation and one
against. I will err on the side of the more descriptive name, e.g no
abbreviated name. It will install as:
multi-gnome-terminal-1.3.13 Gnome tabbed terminal emulator
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