Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:19:53 -0500 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Subject: Re: svn commit: r40000 - projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <20121212221953.GJ1314@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <201212121124.01664.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201211151440.qAFEeLYN099713@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1211151304590.2164@multics.mit.edu> <20121115181349.GB1354@glenbarber.us> <201212121124.01664.jhb@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. We also have things like "syslogng", that has been around forever. Glen [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQyQMJAAoJEFJPDDeguUajYaUIAJmXjbqjx2yaSe6TUOo6T1pH H1YhRKdEQHkHMMNMg7kBCq/8bzwcMlEnNsCGdOIejLkdeP/sGC9P0TpDnVD5NN9G bu7nXj6yMbWZqOFW+T7wEz4B/h5NBwc0D1oAotWoKaLHcRzLM0K/0hSg6T5PSphm 0BPzhP+C/L9ucWUJKv+uQLb1iMr3gUebXc3wbnrxBmZ3I8BzXo7VAnAlQSTqGOVW 89rjRDzoptdB82eQE3saA+lqGu+logS15fd7LAkstJBMTuZsEcexnrWe3su8qfsW aiFjpE8lub4H/arRKFu+qZOJak+S4h/DnFlrXWTWcI7xTNK0043h7M3bk4gkUVY= =dIHn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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