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Date:      Thu, 8 Mar 2001 03:02:17 -0600
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile
Message-ID:  <20010308030217.P31752@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200103080830.f288UVR63950@gratis.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:31:25AM %2B0200
References:  <20010308015237.O31752@elvis.mu.org> <200103080830.f288UVR63950@gratis.grondar.za>

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On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:31:25AM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:

> > No, it's not rediculous, it's the rule. It has been the rule for
> > some time now and quite frankly I'd like to keep the rule.
> 
> Why do you want to keep the rule?

0:
Because it keeps everything uniform and it generally sorts nicely.

1:
I'd rather not have to remember out if a port is net/cidr or net/CIDR
or net/Cidr.

2:
The existing correct cases are generally where the capitalization of
the program is so well known (IglooFTP, XFree86, LPRng, etc) that it
makes sense to capitalize it in a way a user would expect it.

-- 
Bill Fumerola - security yahoo         / Yahoo! inc.
              - fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org




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