Re: New bc

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Gavin Howard <gavin.d.howard%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

>> We are talking about pkgsrc, which is the standard package system on
>> NetBSD and Illumos, and builds on about 20 systems.
>
> Did not know that Illumos used it...

Sorry, got that wrong.  I meant Joyent's SmartOS.  I have lost the
ability to keep up with OpenSolaris naming :-)

> The truth is that I, personally, have standardized on "bc-gh" when my
> bc is not the default bc. However, some maintainers have their own
> opinions. OpenBSD, for example, explicitly wanted "ebc" when I
> suggested "bc-gh" because of culture and inertia. Some Linux distros
> named their packages of my bc without my input, but in the majority,
> it is "bc-gh".

> Basically, I suggest "bc-gh", but there are some cases where
> opinionated people want different names. I do agree, however, that
> standardizing would be ideal.

That's fine - would be good to have that in the README that it is
recommended.  Packaging systems tend to follow upstream guidelines
unless they actively object to them.