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On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:01:41PM -0200, David Pirotte wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> > >> IMHO the programming language/compiler a utility is written with is an
> > >> implementation detail that should not manifest itself in the utility's
> > >> name.
On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 10:29:49PM +, ng0 wrote:
> pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) transcribed 2.4K bytes:
> > On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 06:15:29PM +, ng0 wrote:
> > > My idea was a reimplementation of prep (a text format and html document
> > > generator that is capable to include multiple langua
> I'm sorry but I do not agree. Guile is not an implementation detail in
> this case. It means that the package is based on Guile. It's like xterm
> (a terminal for x window), gnome-terminal (a terminal based on the GNOME
> framework) and so on.
Hence many users who don't use Gnome won't use gnome
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> I'm sorry but I do not agree. Guile is not an implementation detail in
> this c
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> > I would like to rename the GNU fdisk
> > package. ... we consider
> > using
I mostly agree with David Pirotte here. For a program, it is not always
relevant what it is implemented in except if it is meant to go with several
other programs (say it is part of a framework). Now, for an all new program,
mentioning what it is implemented in in the name is a reasonable choice
On Sat, 9 Dec 2017, Christian Brunello Christian Brunello
wrote:
Hello everyone,
I write because I would like to rename the GNU fdisk
package.
In the version I am preparing, the program is written in Scheme, using
Guile. In this release there will be only the fdisk program, but in the
fut
