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* Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil
@ 2023-05-11  5:23 Payas Relekar
  2023-05-11  6:26 ` Po Lu
  2023-05-11  6:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 43+ messages in thread
From: Payas Relekar @ 2023-05-11  5:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Stallman; +Cc: Philip Kaludercic, susam.pal, emacs-devel

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Why use the name "Devil" for this?  It doesn't seen to explain anything
> about the package's purpose.  It is likely to put some people off.

Every name is going to put someone or another off, can't really help it.
OpenBSD has their daemon and there are already funny anecdotes about it,
but it doesn't hurt anyone.

> If there is no clear reason why "Devil" is a good name, let's choose
> a better name now.

As mentioned by Susam in previous mail, as well as the repo README, the
name refers both to 'eVil' (extensible Vi Layer) as well as 'God-mode'.

The name is distinct, and I like it for what it is.
--



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* Re: Naming guidelines for ELPA packages
@ 2023-05-15  1:40 Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 43+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2023-05-15  1:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: emacs-devel

> I can go along guidelines to *help* maintainers choose good
> package names.  But I think it's very important that we refrain from
> *imposing* it on maintainers.
> 
> So if the author prefers to stick with `devil`, then that's what it'll
> be.  We have much more important things to worry about when it comes to
> imposing guidelines (e.g. making sure that the package doesn't overstep
> its namespace).

This.

Let users know the rationale behind the guideline,
in particular that it can help people find/discover
their package.  The same idea is behind the Elisp
libraries that are part of Emacs (modulo hysterical
raisins etc.)



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2023-05-11  5:23 [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil Payas Relekar
2023-05-11  6:26 ` Po Lu
2023-05-11  6:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-11  6:52   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-11  7:07     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-12 15:02       ` Brian Cully via Emacs development discussions.
2023-05-11  8:09     ` Susam Pal
2023-05-11  8:45       ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-11  8:58         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-11  9:08           ` Susam Pal
2023-05-11  9:12             ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-11  9:19               ` Susam Pal
2023-05-11  9:34                 ` Ruijie Yu via Emacs development discussions.
2023-05-11 10:09                   ` Susam Pal
2023-05-11 10:31                     ` Susam Pal
2023-05-11 10:36             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-11  8:56       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-12 16:19   ` Jim Porter
2023-05-13  7:10     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-13  9:05       ` Susam Pal
2023-05-15 22:12         ` Richard Stallman
2023-05-17 13:30         ` João Távora
2023-05-17 14:06           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-17 15:41             ` João Távora
2023-05-17 15:46               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-13 22:30     ` Richard Stallman
2023-05-14  4:29       ` Naming guidelines for ELPA packages (was: Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil) Jim Porter
2023-05-14  7:47         ` Naming guidelines for ELPA packages Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-14 19:23           ` Jim Porter
2023-05-14 19:33             ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-19  3:49               ` Jim Porter
2023-05-19  4:33                 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-05-20 16:51                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-21 21:03                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-05-14 21:36         ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.
2023-05-14 22:17           ` Jim Porter
2023-05-14 23:00             ` Stefan Monnier
2023-05-15  1:36               ` Jim Porter
2023-05-15 22:15         ` Naming guidelines for ELPA packages (was: Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil) Richard Stallman
2023-05-15 22:15         ` Richard Stallman
2023-05-16  4:51           ` Jim Porter
2023-05-16  8:42           ` Naming guidelines for ELPA packages Madhu
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