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From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
To: Andrej Zverev <andrej.zverev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: textproc/p5-ack -> textproc/ack rename
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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.
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