Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:57:00 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, asami@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: multi-level categories Message-ID: <20000214165700.M92177@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <00021415283600.07461@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 03:05:19PM -0600 References: <vqc4scoddtw.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <vqcitzshzr9.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000214115757.B75380@dragon.nuxi.com> <00021415283600.07461@nomad.dataplex.net>
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 03:05:19PM -0600, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > I would prefer pkg_COMMENT or pkg.COMMENT to make things easier to read. > How about simply COMMENT ? > > I fail to see a namespace conflict within the port's directory. > > The other extreme would be COMMENT.zsh-3.4 or some equivalent syntax which > creates a globally unique name. > Although I can see some benefits to globally unique names, I think the value > is too low. If a script needs to extract then into a flat directory, it can > rename them on the way. (1) If you don't have a mailer that does 80 columns properly, please press that big "enter" key on your keyboard when you get to the end of a line. I recovered what you did above. (2) For those of us used to typing pkg<tab>COMMENT or whatever, this would help us. (3) It's good for ordering. > What is the motivation to treat scripts and patches differently? > > crypto/stealth/ > .../Makefile > .../COMMENTS > .../CHECKSUMS > ... > .../patch-aa > .../patch-ab > .../script-preload > .../script-register-with-authorities > .../script-confiscate-munitions > ... > I think they would still fit on one page. Not when there is an obnoxious amount of patches. I think that patches, files, and scripts should all be in one directory. I also know however that this would be a hyper-bitch for repository copying with only a little gain. I like Satoshi's suggestion combined with David's suggestion of pkg.FOO or pkg_FOO (prefering pkg.FOO). -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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