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: Re: GIT uppercase annoying Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:17:31 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87tzrk450f.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200708010120.l711KkLA019354@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> 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 1185938280 2802 80.91.229.12 (1 Aug 2007 03:18:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 03:18:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 01 05:17:53 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 1IG4ie-0005Sm-Uk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IG4ie-0008OT-8e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IG4ia-0008OE-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IG4iZ-0008No-Ve for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IG4iZ-0008NM-Md for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:47 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IG4iY-0001Kk-9r; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l713HWqt013597; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:17:44 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:17:44 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.98.116] [10.114.98.116]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:17:44 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 15B59513; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:17:31 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200708010120.l711KkLA019354@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Tue\, 31 Jul 2007 18\:20\:46 -0700") Original-Lines: 21 X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:75878 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > 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. > > FWIW I agree. > When I checked in vc-hg.el, someone asked for Hg (or hg?) to be > changed to HG... I didn't see that thread; did they give any justification? Thanks, -Miles -- "Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends." -Oscar Wilde, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism"