From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: More on Cygwin package naming
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:47:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E644629.1010005@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E643ED8.3030100@cisra.canon.com.au>
On 9/4/2011 11:15 PM, Luke Kendall wrote:
> It would be /nice/ if someone could confirm that the upstream project name
> is used for the @-names, or at least that cygwin does not use any existing
> Freshmeat project name and apply it to different software.
FWIW, I think it's fair to say that there is a convention of using the
upstream project name for the @-names. But as with all conventions, there
are variations used when called for. I think it's fair to say that the
last part of your statement is true but I also couldn't guarantee that it
will always be.
--
Larry
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-05 3:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-05 3:15 Luke Kendall
2011-09-05 3:47 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) [this message]
2011-09-05 15:39 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-09-06 0:59 ` Luke Kendall
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