Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:26:56 -0400 From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single-Letter Port Names Message-ID: <200404192026.56856.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040420001420.GA79189@wopr.caltech.edu> References: <200404192007.04848.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> <20040420001420.GA79189@wopr.caltech.edu>
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Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:07:04PM -0400, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > > I'm the maintainer of the math/R-letter port. I would like rename the > > port to just math/R; however, I'm told that single-letter port names > > are not known to work. Can someone elaborate on this? It seems to > > work for me... > > I think the reason your port is R-letter is because it's compiled for > US-letter sized paper (8.5x11 inch); there is also R-a4 which would > be for European A4 paper. This is a common convention in the Ports > Collection; there are several examples in the "print" category, for > example. That is most certainly the reason, but I would like to remove that functionality. It might be convenient for a handful of folks who install prebuilt R packages, but it's annoying to mangle the port name just for a runtime-adjustable default paper size. The name "R" would seem so much cleaner. Those who need A4 size paper can build the port accordingly, or adjust it after a package has been installed. Eric
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