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Re: [PATCH] gnu: add proj4.


From: Leo Famulari
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: add proj4.
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:46:36 -0500
User-agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26)

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 09:05:12PM +0100, Björn Höfling wrote:
> > > About the package name: The official name is "proj.4", so I left it
> > > as that.  
> > 
> > Seems reasonable.
> > 
> > > As variable name, I chose "proj4". Is that correct?  
> > 
> > Why not use the variable name "proj.4" too then? *scratches head*
> 
> 
> Because my Scheme-time is far too long ago, and I'm used to languages
> where "dot" in variable names is bad.

The convention seems to be that all punctuation is replaced by a hyphen,
although the manual section 7.6.2 Package Naming doesn't specify this.
There are a few packages with 'dots' in the name.

Either way, I think it's not that important. It's probably more
useful to stay close to the "upstream" name so that users can find
packages quickly. Do as you see fit :)



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