why can’t we just have : nuttx, apps
as it has been for a long time (before Apache) … > On Nov 18, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Gregory Nutt <spudan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I see all the other two-word Apache repositories use hyphens not >> underscores, and on GitHub they are URLs which as has been pointed out >> should ideally be hyphenated? >> >> To me the underscore looks wrong...but, in the grand scheme of things, it's >> just a name and, like Sebastien, I will not lose sleep. I lose enough of >> that already, getting trying to get NuttX working on the processor I'm using >> LOL. > > There are some toolchains supported by NuttX that cannot handle hyphens in > paths. So, setting aside personal preferences, there are valid reasons why > hyphens should be avoided. There are also old, obsolete filesystems that do > not support hyphens in names. > > Some file naming standards, however, do recommend hyphens over underscores. > The primary reason seems to be that if the file name is underlined, then the > underscore character is mostly occluded. > > Paths may not begin with hyphens in most commands because the path is > interpreted as a command option. > > These directory names are never really used in the build, however; the name > $TOPDIR which defaults to $PWD/.. when the OS is configured. The user > selects the actual name of the directories when repositories are cloned so, > regardless of what is decided, it need not effect your way of doing things > other than the git clone. > > For example, in order to build with those troublesome toolchains mentioned > above, I have always cloned the repositories to incubator_nuttx and and > incubator_nuttx_apps to avoid the hyphens which do cause build failures with > those toolchains. > >
