On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:24:29 -0500 Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Ciaran McCreesh > <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:02:48 -0500 > > Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> The devmanual states: > >> > >> The name section should contain only lowercase non-accented > >> letters, the digits 0-9, hyphens, underscores and plus characters. > >> Uppercase characters are strongly discouraged, but technically > >> valid. > >> > >> https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html > >> > >> > >> Why are uppercase characters strongly discouraged? > >> > >> Wouldn't it make sense to follow upstream's naming convention? > > > > What's upstream's naming convention for Firefox? > > I have no idea. What's your point?
That naming conventions are generally complicated and a mess, and that no-one wants to have to remember whether it's firefox, Firefox, or FireFox. -- Ciaran McCreesh
