At 08:29 PM 4/10/2002, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > >"Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Setup is case insensitive to package names. I don't see any technical > >> issue either way. > > > >Me neither, I only see a social issue: it's just plain irritating for > >people? > > > > tar xjf releases/mysTABTAB <beep> ^U > > tar xjf releases/MyTABTAB <beep> ^U > > > >etc, aargh? It's ever more annoying when you're using wget, and try > >to guess the name. > >I thought I'd replied to this but I guess I hadn't. > >I really don't think we should use tab completion as a justification for >picking package names. The package names should reflect what the >authors want to call the package. If the name of the package is XFree86, >it should be called XFree86. Ditto, TeX, or any other package. > >AFAICT, both Red Hat and Debian allow upper/lower case, so there's no >reason for us to restrict things.
I went so far as to type a response and then trash it, since I thought it was getting off-topic for this list. But thinking again, it supports Chris's position, even though it has been mentioned many a time on the Cygwin list. I'm thinking of the 'completion-ignore-case' option in bash. Seems to me that this addresses the concern. I'm certainly all for mixed-case names. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
