On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:35 PM, Adam Barth wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Adam Barth <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Darin Adler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Dec 27, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Adam Barth wrote: >>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Mark Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Can someone also elaborate on why "Sources" was chosen as the top-level >>>>> directory name rather than "Source"? "Source code" is a mass noun so it's >>>>> unclear why the abbreviated form of "source" would be pluralized in this >>>>> manner. Referring to source code as "source" appears to be very common, >>>>> but I've never encountered "sources" used in this manner. It reads very >>>>> awkwardly to me. >>>> >>>> That's just the name that Darin used in his email proposing the new >>>> layout. If folks would prefer Source, now is a good time to make that >>>> change because there's only a handful of directories there now. >>> >>> I like Source better. >> >> Okiedokes. > > Some further thoughts: > > 1) Xcode seems to use the term "Sources" to describe a collection of > source files. > 2) There seems to be something called > AppleInternal/Sources/JavaScriptCore (possibly only on Windows). > 3) We have a notion of DerivedSources. > > Would using "Sources" be more consistent with these terms?
I'd still keep it singular. I don't think it is a matter of great import either way though. - Maciej _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
