From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] [Rehash] Renaming "PMS" into "EAPI"
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:55:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ur07ly5ja@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31d4f209d2915e3219040028f264c113140de289.camel@gentoo.org> ("Michał Górny"'s message of "Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:25:04 +0100")
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>>>>> On Fri, 08 Nov 2024, Michał Górny wrote:
> 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?
First of all (and as I already said on IRC), I am a little surprised
that you raise this on the general mailing list, without first
discussing it within the project.
A previous discussion on the subject was in [1]. There were only three
replies, two of which didn't see an issue with the name. That said,
I wouldn't be strongly opposed to renaming (as I had brought it up
myself in 2013), but IMHO there's not much of a point to it, and
updating everything including external references would be quite some
work. For example, Portage has dozens of references to the name,
including variable names, the name of a cache format, and references
in its documentation.
Also, do we have any evidence that the name was meant as an "immature
joke"?
Ulrich
[1] https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-pms/21053.44313.172395.464187@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de/
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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 [this message]
2024-11-09 23:40 ` Arsen Arsenović
2024-11-09 22:37 ` James Le Cuirot
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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