Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:20:28 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Yuri <yuri@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r456674 - in head/graphics: . libQGLViewer libQGLViewer/files Message-ID: <20171225112028.GA61880@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <6fa2551a-dee7-9388-07fc-6539800b6c5a@freebsd.org> References: <201712182143.vBILhFND023143@repo.freebsd.org> <20171224135522.GA1693@FreeBSD.org> <6fa2551a-dee7-9388-07fc-6539800b6c5a@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 02:38:58AM -0800, Yuri wrote: > On 12/24/17 05:55, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > $ grep -i libqgl /usr/ports/MOVED > > graphics/libqglviewer||2013-07-26|Has expired: Depends on Qt 3.x > > > > Why it was not properly resurrected but readded as a new port? > > I will delete and resurrect it, thanks for noticing! > > > More to it, it is badly named. Most open source repositories name it as > > ``libqglviewer'' (and it was properly named in Qt 3.x times in FreeBSD), > > that includes Debian-based (Ubuntu, Mint, Deepin, etc.) and Arch (I was a > > bit surprised to see mixed-case name in RedHat's and Gentoo's packages). > > It has been named QGLViewer by it author. I personally like capitalized > names. I prefer to name packages the same way as they are commonly > spelled or known. In this case, the author chose to use capitalization > for "Q" from Qt, and "GL". These parts are commonly capitalized. > Partially capitalized names are common in life, and are generally > perceived as looking aesthetic. Yuri, "Official" names look good in documentation and port description, but not so as port's directory and PORTNAME. The fact that it was earlier named as `graphics/libqglviewer' is not because someone wanted to disrespect author's naming but because that's one of the basic common conventions in our tree. Please respect that. Other people are working on the same code base and, as you might have noticed, most of those who care do not share your views on "aesthetic looks" (when it comes to filenames at least). ./danfe
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