From: Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com>
Date: 2002-12-27T01:44:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [ATTN] Prepare name freeze of RAA

Tom Clarke wrote:
I should think about my posts a little more... Sorting is of course not 
really a valid reason, it is within my power to modify raa-install so 
that the sort ignores the word ruby - which thanks to the amazing 
wonderfulness of ruby would take a little less than half a line...

I could also make raa install strip off any evidence of the prefix ruby, 
but that wouldn't be playing nice, would it? ;-)

But my first point remains - it is redundant, I'm a refactorer, I don't 
like redundant.

-Tom

> NAKAMURA, Hiroshi wrote:
>
>>> 1. should i take the "ruby-" off?
>>>   
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>> IMO, from the above point of view, I like "ruby-" name if its real
>> name is "Ruby/AudioFile".  I'm sorry but I don't know the project
>> well so far, I think it is reasonable to have the name
>> "Ruby/AudioFile" if there are "Perl/AudioFile" and "Python/AudioFile",
>> too.
>>  
>>
> My preference is to see the ruby removed. Partly because within the 
> RAA it is redundant, but mainly because it upsets the alphabetical 
> package listing.
>
> -Tom
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