From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add perltidy. Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:27:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20160710132727.GB11092@solar> References: <87oa6c5uty.fsf@gnu.org> <20160709190125.GA31432@solar> <87eg71n4zl.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49809) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMElj-0004IW-JQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:27:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMElg-0002sA-FH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:27:35 -0400 Received: from mailrelay7.public.one.com ([91.198.169.215]:31733) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMElg-0002rz-2W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:27:32 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87eg71n4zl.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Roel Janssen Cc: guix-devel On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Roel Janssen wrote: > From the man-page of "perltidy": > Perltidy reads a perl script and writes an indented, reformatted > script. > > So even though it does provide a Perl::Tidy module, it's also a > stand-alone program that reformats existing Perl code. What we could to > is split the package in two: one with the Perl::Tidy module (called > perl-tidy) and one with the stand-alone script (called perltidy). I > think that would be a little confusing though. So it looks like you took the correct decision. There is no need to split the package in two just to satisfy the naming conventions; they are meant to make things easier for users, not more confusing! Thanks, Andreas