gnu ports

[Elias Pipping]

correction:

that would mean:

  * rename file to gfile
  * rename gnutar to gtar
  * ...

  * make gnutar (then gtar) install "gtar" (nothing to be done)
  * make gsed install "gsed"
  * ...


Regards,

Elias Pipping


On Feb 27, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Elias Pipping wrote:

> I'm starting to take that g-suffix back into consideration. Could  
> you live
> with gwhich,gsed,gawk,gcc *and gtar*?
>
> that would mean:
>
>  * rename gnused to gsed
>  * rename file to gfile
>  * rename gnutar to gtar
>  * ...
>
>  * make gnutar (then gtar) install "gtar"
>  * ...
>
> Regards,
>
> Elias Pipping
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Emmanuel Hainry wrote:
>
>> Citando Elias Pipping :
>>> My point was not only to draw attention to the matter but
>>> also to encourage you to propose a convention. Since that
>>> approach has failed I'll come up with a proposal:
>>>
>>> I see it this way:
>>>
>>>  * Yes, there should be a prefix for gnu ports
>>>  * Yes, that prefix should be the same for the installed
>>>    binary and the portname
>>>  * No, it should not be "g" (easier to distinguish from
>>>    gnome ports)
>>>  * 'gnu' would be a possibility. The only conflict would
>>>    be with gnuplot, which is not gnu software. but I guess
>>>    that's possible to live with.
>>>
>>> Any opinion on this matter, anyone?
>>>
>>
>> Not sure a convention is the best for all ports. For sed and which, I
>> have no preference. For gnutar, I prefer the name gnutar. For  
>> gnuawk, I
>> prefer to name it gawk (which is the name it has on debian (for which
>> the default awk is nawk (or is it mawk?))). For the GNU Compiler
>> collection, I prefer (and I think everybody does) gcc, gcj, gfortran
>> instead of gnucc, gnucj, even though the name of macports' gcc is
>> gcc-dp-42 (why dp?;)...
>>
>> Oh, and why must gnu programs be distinguished from gnome?
>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 26, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Elias Pipping wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are some inconsistencies when it comes to gnu ports
>>>>
>>>> e.g.:
>>>>
>>>>  "tar" goes by the name "gnutar". its executable is called "gnutar"
>>>>  "sed" goes by the name   "gsed". its executable is called "gnused"
>>>> "which" goes by the name "gwhich". its executable is called  
>>>> "gwhich"
>>>>
>>
>> Emmanuel
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