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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: naming convention defaults


From: Andreas Rottmann
Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: naming convention defaults
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:11:40 +0100
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Robert Anderson <address@hidden> writes:

> *.o, *.a, etc. should be precious and not unrecognized patterns by
> default.  To do otherwise is to simply annoy new users in a sort of
> obfuscated meta-rant about how their build treats "ought to be"
> constructed.  Counterproductive.
>
> "unrecognized" is a poor name for that category and should be changed
> to something like "disallowed" or "block".  They are perfectly well
> recognized, and recognized for something specific.  Express what that
> something is.
>
This is a sentiment shared by Andy Wingo; from his blog[0]:

,----
| I feel like I've been living with Tom Lord for the last nine
| months. It's like he's over my shoulder, telling me what to name my
| files, how to build my software, and how to deal with revision
| control.
`----

:-D

Read the full blog entry if you're interested, he's also got to say
good things about Arch. While I personally like the "keep your tree
clean" attitude of Arch, I think it would be a good thing to make it a
bit friendly to people who *don't* want that strictness level (while
being keeping the ablity to restrict oneself, if one feels like it).

[0] http://wingolog.org/archives/2004/10/01/nine-months-with-arch

Cheers, Rotty
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