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On 8/12/21 14:39, Ulrich Mueller wrote:

>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021, Michał Górny wrote:
>> On Thu, 2021-08-12 at 09:21 +0800, WANG Xuerui wrote:
>>> I would say this is mostly aesthetic matter, because we have equally
>>> long ARCH names like "microblaze" or "openrisc" too. From a user's
>>> perspective I'd personally prefer "loong" to save some typing, but
>>> "loongarch" wouldn't hurt that much either.
>> I think following upstream (i.e. "loongarch" convention) is better.
>> We have already caused some mess with custom names like "arm64".
> Can we please keep these identifiers short? Currently all ARCH names are
> 5 characters at most (except prefix, of course). The total length of the
> KEYWORDS line isn't the main issue here, but tools like eshowkw or
> tables in the various web interfaces.
>
> It is also in GLEP 53 if you need a formal reference:
> "Note that no limit on the length of both fields in the keyword are
> imposed. However, we cannot overemphasize our preference to keep
> keywords small and sensible."

It seems the discussion has gone quiet for a while now, so I take that 
we choose ARCH=loong over ARCH=loongarch according to GLEP 53?

If that doesn't receive much objection, I'll prepare and send the first 
few eclass patches soon.

> Ulrich