From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6F6138522 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:58:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BFE2521C070; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:57:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f171.google.com (mail-ia0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD47A21C062 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:57:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f171.google.com with SMTP id q36so874111iaq.16 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:57:57 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=9E5l/Q106l+pLpd4nKp6eievXJRdUvqakvIsvoUaHvQ=; b=IU0jwOGlIEgNbogziGXdveWGx0TsXLqAcY8yVqqMngPmskYxVnaNRztvB26FVE2dqw ni5IE9/dOqTwCLj/w0hR+6s0Bf6LU0y182DascVWMTbhANIT16RXtlq3NupROiTZnLtl 919euw/XJVOEtfUQpWkfyKv5yWB3Ni4OO10OjJztswZEk9BpbymHLBCi6TI2KIU9e+7s 4LefYsSoJwnNDL781u+giRpzdbxvZ8a+AFVKDgPpgQFBOyRVUUZf+fJAmaP02xcLomFp dMhkGTSXgXXhe2+o+rqP+fCwYZrkCsnmOQO6A5KK4mj87sgObbc4yZWPX12qvQOtl0Yu tzRw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.220.199 with SMTP id py7mr426237igc.34.1358463477825; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:57:57 -0800 (PST) Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: by 10.64.20.234 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:57:57 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [75.147.136.182] In-Reply-To: <201301172346.58700.dilfridge@gentoo.org> References: <201301172346.58700.dilfridge@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:57:57 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: a_j745BiKisY7Gzd21h_hVTPZUU Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new "qt" category From: Alec Warner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl06s6GMK3J7GsEytdk4Zz8SHQMB96U76ZUwUhRrhcAPhYqIj8ZUPul50aCkhQsLkI2i6Fo X-Archives-Salt: 690128ea-bc0b-41d2-95a5-3d54e05cfe55 X-Archives-Hash: 63ff432a6e95945e2e1fc0e1da6218a5 On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2013, 14:57:16 schrieb Ben de Groot: >> >> After some initial bikeshedding we came to the conclusion that naming >> the category simply "qt" is the most elegant solution. We will then >> also be dropping the qt- prefix in package names. This means >> x11-libs/qt-core will be moved to qt/core, and so on. >> > > Please don't. > > This is not about standards, but about consistency. About everyone else uses > the two-part category-names witha-dash. Why can't you? It is what I would > immediately expect, instead of a "hyper-toplevel" "qt". > > My suggestion would be qt-base (analogous to kde-base, gnome-base, gnustep- > base, lxde-base, and xfce-base) for everything that is part of the main Qt > release. I'd actually argue that qt/core qt/base and other such 'package names' are in fact a better reason why this is a terrible idea. Remember that in some places (like emerge) the category is optional. emerge core base => not obvious -A > > -- > > Andreas K. Huettel > Gentoo Linux developer > dilfridge@gentoo.org > http://www.akhuettel.de/ >