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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:21:54 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@dougbarton.net>
To:        Sergei Kolobov <sergei@kolobov.com>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED
Message-ID:  <3FE10F42.7030208@dougbarton.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031217060754.GA714@chetwood.ru>
References:  <200312162127.hBGLRMUF039206@repoman.freebsd.org> <20031217022824.GA26180@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031217060754.GA714@chetwood.ru>

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Sergei Kolobov wrote:

> I have mixed feelings about this myself, however:
> - the software refers to itself as "MailScanner", in Perl module name,
>   all paths and filenames

We have some other perl stuff that defies the case sensitive convention, 
but I don't like that either. :)  Also, is this thing a perl module? If 
so, then there should be a p5- prepended to the port name. THAT 
convention is well enough engrained to be outside dispute.

> - I suggested to the maintainer that PORTNAME should be changed to
>   MailScanner, in order to make the paths and names consistent with the
>   software's own naming scheme

I think that your advice here was bad. All due respect. The value of 
having a consistent name space in the ports tree far exceeds the value 
of consistency with the path names of the installed software.

FWIW,

Doug



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