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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:01:35 +0200
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        sheldonh@uunet.co.za, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2 - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <3789BCFF.EFA1FA3A@scc.nl>
References:  <7533.931436892@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <3784A0E8.C0394E82@scc.nl> <199907120747.AAA68076@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> 
>  * From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
> 
> After re-reading the thread, I finally noticed where the
> misunderstanding is coming from....
> 
>  * Yes, and have paid special attention to the section about Package Names.
>  * The language is 'linux'. The name is 'base'. No compiled specifics and the
> 
> You are talking about this paragraph:
> 
> ===
> 1.    FreeBSD strives to support the native language of its users. The
>       language- part should be a two letter abbreviation of the
>       natural language defined by ISO-639 if the port is specific to a
>       certain language. Examples are ja for Japanese, ru for Russian,
>       vi for Vietnamese, zh for Chinese, ko for Korean and de for
>       German.
> ===

It seems to be.

> I have no idea how you could interpret this in a way that you can put
> "linux-" here. ;)

My neither :-(

> In other words, names like "linux_devel" are completely valid under
> our guidelines.
> 
> Of course, the consistency of having "linuxdoom", "linux-netscape4"
> and "linux_devel" next to each other is another issue.

Ok. Mea Culpa. If I just wasn't so damn sure about myself...

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Marcel Moolenaar                                  mailto:marcel@scc.nl
SCC Internetworking & Databases                     http://www.scc.nl/
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