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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] app-portage/eclass-manpages: @DEFAULT_UNSET -> @DEFAULT-UNSET
From:       Michał_Górny <mgorny () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2017-04-30 21:01:55
Message-ID: 1493586115.1915.3.camel () gentoo ! org
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On sob, 2017-04-29 at 14:05 -0400, Davide Pesavento wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Dnia 29 kwietnia 2017 19:23:49 CEST, Davide Pesavento <pesa@gentoo.org> \
> > napisał(a):
> > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On sob, 2017-04-29 at 05:41 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2017, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > (and hyphens do not require holding shift).
> > > > > 
> > > > > So they are awkward to type inside a string that is all-caps?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Funny enough, yes. I naturally let shift go when pushing '-' ;-).
> > > > Some habit, probably. And I bet some people might actually use caps
> > > > lock.
> > > 
> > > So please remind me why everyone else has to adapt to your habits?
> > 
> > Because I cared enough to do the work. If you want it the other way around, then \
> > send the reverse patch instead of giving asshole comments. 
> 
> Fair enough. FTR, I have no preference either way, this is 100%
> bikeshedding if you ask me.
> 
> Also, I didn't mean to be rude, just wanted to point out that what you
> said about being easier to type might not apply to everybody (in fact,
> the opposite is probably true for most people).

But you were. I get it, you don't have to get it when I try to make
a funny remark. But that's not an excuse to behave like that.

As the commit message said, the only real reason was that hyphen is
around 3.5x more common. Which means changing the other one is 3.5x less
work, and 3.5x smaller problem of changing the habits.

$ grep '@ECLASS-VARIABLE' *.eclass | wc -l
770
$ grep '@DEFAULT_UNSET' *.eclass | wc -l
222

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny


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