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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 02/02: gnu: Add s.
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:58:50 +0300
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In-Reply-To: <878tl770ht.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun, 04
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Mark H Weaver (2017-06-04 20:15 -0400) wrote:

>> +(define-public s
>> +  (let ((commit "6604341edb3a775ff94415762af3ee9bd86bfb3c")
>> +        (revision "1"))
>> +    (package
>> +      (name "s")
>> +      (version (string-append "0.0.0-" revision "." (string-take commit=
 7)))
>
> I think we should rename this package and variable name to 's-shell' or
> something along those lines.  's' is commonly used as a local variable
> name.  Single character variable names are in short supply, and I don't
> think we should allocate them to packages.
>
> Thoughts?

And what about "r" package?

In my opinion, package names for "r" and "s" should stay the same =E2=80=93=
 I
think these names are expected by users.  As for the variable names,
they may be renamed, if it is needed.

--=20
Alex