[9fans] prefered naming conventions (Tvx-*, tvx*, etc.)

[9fans] prefered naming conventions (Tvx-*, tvx*, etc.)

[EBo]

I think it was Erick which asked about renaming Tvx-root to tvxroot.
Before I ask upstream I want to make sure that I get things sorted out with
the naming.

I see renaming Tvx to tvx, and Tvx-root to tvxroot.  What is the
preference with the docs and the source.  tvxrootsrc seems a bit unwieldy,
and I've always liked using '-' or '_' to separate out words for
readability, but this seems to NOT be Plan 9's communities preference.

Also, please remember that seperating out the docs were specifically
requested/required by TCL.   So, who votes for what names.

  EBo --

Re: [9fans] prefered naming conventions (Tvx-*, tvx*, etc.)

[erik quanstrom]

> I see renaming Tvx to tvx, and Tvx-root to tvxroot.  What is the
> preference with the docs and the source.  tvxrootsrc seems a bit unwieldy,
> and I've always liked using '-' or '_' to separate out words for
> readability, but this seems to NOT be Plan 9's communities preference.

perhaps you could drop "root"?  perhaps "tvx" and "tvxsrc"?
if root must stay, i'd still omit the separator.

- erik

Re: [9fans] prefered naming conventions (Tvx-*, tvx*, etc.)

[EBo]

> perhaps you could drop "root"?  perhaps "tvx" and "tvxsrc"?
> if root must stay, i'd still omit the separator.

there is a difference between tvx and what I have been calling tvx-root.
The former is a package containing 9vx, the Tvx wrapper and a couple of
other things.  the tvx-root is the plan 9 root file system.  They are
separated so that 9vx can be updated and distributed without the user
having to re-download the entire plan9 file system (which is a difference
of a few MB and 80+MB.  tvxroot (and I am OK with that name) should be a
once-only operation, and the user can either upload the latest tvxsrc, or
use pull to update and rebuild live.  As a note, the only problem I have
with tvxsrc is that the name implies that it is 9vx/Tvx's src and not
plan9's source.

  EBo --

Re: [9fans] prefered naming conventions (Tvx-*, tvx*, etc.)

[ron minnich]

I'm not that upset by the names you have now. I'm not going to lose a
lot of sleep either way, but you're right, this is probably the last
name change we get

ron

Re: [9fans] prefered naming conventions (Tvx-*, tvx*, etc.)

[EBo]

On Sat, 29 May 2010 17:28:40 +0000, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm not that upset by the names you have now. I'm not going to lose a
> lot of sleep either way, but you're right, this is probably the last
> name change we get

at least for free.  Anything past this should have a REALLY GOOD REASON
otherwise we come across as being hair-brained (which I might have been in
my 20's [looking like a ZZ Top poster child], but now that my hair has
moved south for the  millenia...)

  EBo --