Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 03:03:31 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers/hs-zip-archive Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/devel/hs-binary Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/devel/hs-darcs/files patch-Setup.lhs patch-darcs.cabal ports/devel/hs-darcs Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ... Message-ID: <20100525030331.GA8034@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201005242024.o4OKO6xR098269@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <201005242024.o4OKO6xR098269@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 08:24:06PM +0000, Gabor Pali wrote: > pgj 2010-05-24 20:24:06 UTC > > Forced commit to note rename of the following Haskell ports: > > devel/darcs -> devel/hs-darcs > ports-mgmt/porte -> ports-mgmt/hs-porte > x11/xmobar -> x11/hs-xmobar > x11-wm/xmonad -> x11-wm/hs-xmonad > x11-wm/xmonad-contrib -> x11-wm/hs-xmonad-contrib I don't think it was a good idea to rename these ones. Normally `hs-' prefix (similar to `p5-' or `py-') should indicate packages that extend Haskell functionality as developing framework; some of us call those "batteries". On the contrary, end-user software should not be prefixed, as end users probably don't care whether Darcs or Xmonad are written in Haskell (well, at least until they start tinkering with it) and having `hs-' prefix for those is confusing. Unless software name itself contains language prefix (e.g. `games/pysol`), mangling it is bad and makes it both harder to find in Ports Collection and introduces gratuitous difference between different software repositories out there (would Xmonad user coming from, say, Ubuntu expect that it is called `hs-xmonad' in FreeBSD)? ./danfe
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