Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:52:25 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Kevin Bowling <kbowling@freebsd.org>, Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git: 69c9420a212a - main - news/inn-CURRENT: New port to follow CURRENT snaps Message-ID: <YMTmScCZp5xzI50/@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAK7dMtAp6NYeReCqP2C%2BvtebGnjemF=22GznR%2B7Z%2BBjEdHSkAA@mail.gmail.com> References: <202106120054.15C0stWJ075154@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CAMHz58Qj0-zMocZw0WFVJzQvfSrfaY=cK%2BUnauiU==4kKE1zMQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAK7dMtA1wH3kAnYsobpZFr0orLYWgsLxDgXL2cHOr9DLxJt1xg@mail.gmail.com> <YMRuyKDxUlESzror@FreeBSD.org> <CAK7dMtBfmzkkH6%2BH65be_P2g4Lf0YRmEqFjOOWZdVDpJEm5t1A@mail.gmail.com> <20210612110814.GA12205@lonesome.com> <CAK7dMtAp6NYeReCqP2C%2BvtebGnjemF=22GznR%2B7Z%2BBjEdHSkAA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 08:53:35AM -0700, Kevin Bowling wrote: > ... > There is no technical reason to change the proper names of software, > it's downright silliness. The reason here is mainly organizational, not technical, -- that is, consistency or, as Mark had very nicely put, trying bring some order into the chaos which is immanental to the huge collection of software we have in our ports. We cannot and should not follow every stupid upstream naming idea (or any other their stupidity, FWIW). ./danfe
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