From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: GIT uppercase annoying Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:50:24 +0900 Message-ID: <87tzrk450f.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185918647 20123 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2007 21:50:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 23:50:40 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IFzbv-0006kh-Na for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:50:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFzbv-0008GN-4X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:50:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFzbs-0008FM-M6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFzbq-0008C9-3i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFzbp-0008C1-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:50:30 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFzbo-00047s-Ar; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:50:28 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-96-074.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.96.74] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1IFzbk-0002u5-Th; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:50:25 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 608832F41; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 06:50:24 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Lines: 26 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:75874 Archived-At: Hi, The vc-handled-backends entry for git and other new backends are ALL UPPERCASE, which seems rather at odds with the way I've seen their names used generally (I know historical entries like CVS and RCS are uppercase, but they're traditinally _always_ written that way). It may seem like a minor point, but this name is _constantly_ visible because it's used for the mode-line display of files under version control; while visiting files handled by git, in particular, I've found this quite distracting (whereas I don't notice for files in CVS, becasue I'm so used to uppercase "CVS"). Git doesn't really stand for anything, and is most commonly used like a word, not an acronym; I gather the same is true of systems like Bzr though I have less familiarity with them. The current "all uppercase" nature of vc-handled-backends seems mostly like people just copied the casification of the older entries when adding new ones, but I'd really like to quash this trend and use a less annoying convention for backends where that is more natural. Thanks, -Miles -- Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin