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From: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
To: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add perltidy.
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:27:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160710132727.GB11092@solar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eg71n4zl.fsf@gnu.org>

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

      reply	other threads:[~2016-07-10 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-05  8:54 [PATCH] gnu: Add perltidy Roel Janssen
2016-07-05 11:01 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-07-05 11:10   ` Roel Janssen
2016-07-05 13:57     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-07-05 14:15       ` Roel Janssen
2016-07-09 19:01   ` Andreas Enge
2016-07-10 10:48     ` Roel Janssen
2016-07-10 13:27       ` Andreas Enge [this message]

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