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Re: PKGNAME/directory name case guidance



Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> writes:

> Am Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 10:51:41AM +0100 schrieb Thomas Klausner:
>> I've been asked to rename the packages to lower case names (sigil,
>> pageedit).
>
> I would prefer new packages to be consistently lower case, but I also
> don't see any reason to introduce artifical pain by renaming existing
> packages, both in terms of package name and directory. It just doesn't
> add much value.

I agree.

Especially, doing any rename which will cause somebody trouble, on a
case-preserving fs like is normal on macOS, just seems like lots of
trouble for gain that can't be clearly articulated.

Even adding friction to pkg_rolling-replace or any scheme with PKGPATHs
in config files is too much trouble to satistfy somebody's sense of
order.

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