Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 20:57:18 +0100 From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> To: Andrej Zverev <andrej.zverev@gmail.com> Cc: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien?= Santoro <dereckson@espace-win.org>, perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: textproc/p5-ack -> textproc/ack rename Message-ID: <20130106195718.GD11902@heechee.tobez.org> In-Reply-To: <CAD5bB%2BgxdqZZoYB7ff2Ry=vt90FuXQXXU14zKZ_C4aE2eTLcuA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKg6iAG8eWvG=OvzVXqrnWyiaOf7RB5Hajf3uUufNsKzpyumiA@mail.gmail.com> <CAD5bB%2BgxdqZZoYB7ff2Ry=vt90FuXQXXU14zKZ_C4aE2eTLcuA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 11:29:18PM +0400, Andrej Zverev wrote: > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Sébastien Santoro > <dereckson@espace-win.org>wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to submit a patch to remove the p5- prefix for p5-ack > > port? > > > > Rationale: not a Perl module, but a standalone utility. > > The goal of this utility is to provide an alternative to grep. > > The fact it's written in Perl isn't pertinent. > > > > Do you see any objection (e.g. anything on CPAN is p5-) or can I open > > a PR? > > > > Hello. > I don't see any reason in such change. > We have many perl's stuff, which have installed something in bin/ (for > example www/p5-App-gist devel/p5-cpan-listchanges) and it's lives with > prefix without any problem. Even if it not perl module, it's 100% perl > script which using own modules and external also. > So find and rename all of them (ports with such facts) or leave it as is. While I agree with the second part of what you said - that is, I think it might be a good idea to rename them all, I see no reason not to start small, with the change proposed by Sébastien. :-) \Anton. -- Our society can survive even a large amount of irrational regulation. -- John McCarthy
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