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From: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] [Rehash] Renaming "PMS" into "EAPI"
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:37:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <807b4a7f8ca8b577e3125feb83bcd289138670e0.camel@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31d4f209d2915e3219040028f264c113140de289.camel@gentoo.org>

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On Fri, 2024-11-08 at 16:25 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm pretty sure I've proposed this before, but I'm not sure whether it
> was to the mailing lists, or a smaller group of people.  However, a few
> years have passed since, people have changed, maybe it's time to try
> again.
> 
> I'd like to propose renaming our "PMS" document into "EAPI".
> 
> Why?  To say it lightly, the current name has negative connotations.  To
> say it strongly, it sounds like an immature joke gone too far.
> 
> The rename should serve the interest of being inclusive and respective,
> and at the same have little to no negative consequences.  The name
> "EAPI" is widely recognized within Gentoo, and probably better known
> outside of Gentoo than via the "PMS" name.  If anything, search engine
> results for "EAPI" at least include something relevant within the top
> finds.
> 
> WDYT?

It's not like the thought had never crossed my mind, but I never saw it as a
problem, and I didn't believe the reference was intentional. I can see how
others might perceive it that way though, regardless of whether it was
intentional or not, and that could put people off contributing.

In my mind, I considered EAPI to be a part of PMS rather than the whole of it,
but I'm happy to revise my thinking.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-11-09 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-08 15:25 [gentoo-project] [Rehash] Renaming "PMS" into "EAPI" Michał Górny
2024-11-08 15:36 ` Maciej Barć
2024-11-08 17:55 ` Ulrich Müller
2024-11-09 23:40   ` Arsen Arsenović
2024-11-09 22:37 ` James Le Cuirot [this message]
2024-11-09 23:38 ` Arsen Arsenović
2024-11-10  5:24   ` Ulrich Müller
2024-11-10 10:44     ` James Le Cuirot
2024-11-10 14:21       ` Matthew Marchese
2024-11-10 14:22       ` Maciej Barć
2024-11-10 14:32       ` Sam James
2024-11-10 14:43         ` Rich Freeman
2024-11-10 15:50         ` Ulrich Müller
2024-11-10 18:03 ` Andreas K. Huettel

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