Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:59:07 +0000 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: "ports-committers@FreeBSD.org" <ports-committers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc/gmat Makefile Message-ID: <20040311165907.GB19286@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403101815400.25110-100000@pancho> References: <20040310140608.C875@bo.vpnaa.bet> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403101815400.25110-100000@pancho>
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:23:26PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > > I'm very uncomfortable with this commit. Mostly on the principle that > > anything that reduces individual expression is bad, however I honestly > > don't understand what you're trying to "fix" here. > > > > If there is honestly a problem with the capitalization of the address, > > why isn't it solved at your end? What am I missing here? > > My code sorts on a case-insensitive basis, since email addresses > AFAIK are case-insensitive. It is merely a matter of seeing certain > addresses catch my eye again and again on my reports. > > There seems to be a trend to, in both ports and documentation, to > canonicalize the style of our email addresses as FreeBSD.org. I had > even thought such a thing might be controversial; I thought it was > "just the way we did things." We decided on FreeBSD.org as "official capitalization" after a bikeshed (on the -doc list, IIRC) sometime in the 1998-1999 (possibly early 2000) timeframe. I'm not sure whether this has been documented somewhere or not. > I will avoid all such commits in the future -- unless someone decides > to define a policy. Feel free to back this change out if you wish. The policy is that we should use consistent capitalization in order to give a consistent image and increase "brand recognition". Or at least it was that the last time this was up for discussion. Eivind.
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