From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 02/02: gnu: Add s.
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:25:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o9tzwi3q.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y3t487tl.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:29:10 +0300")
Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
> Mark H Weaver (2017-06-06 16:47 -0400) wrote:
>
>> If only 26 people in the entire world choose to give their project a
>> two-letter name, then the chances are good that there will be a
>> collision (c.f. birthday paradox), and one of them will need to be
>> renamed.
>>
>> Likewise, if only 5 people in the world choose a single-letter name,
>> then chances are good that there will be a collision. Who here has the
>> hubris to choose one of those names? Do we want to enable that?
>
> Thanks for this descriptive answer! Now I understand your position and
> I agree with it :-)
Thanks :) I renamed it to "s-shell" in commit
9a68fb6c3002f3e440bb01d8c25c660800101c1b.
Mark
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[not found] ` <20170604144556.5AFA1206F7@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2017-06-05 0:15 ` 02/02: gnu: Add s Mark H Weaver
2017-06-05 8:42 ` ng0
2017-06-05 15:44 ` Kei Kebreau
2017-06-06 17:58 ` Alex Kost
2017-06-06 20:47 ` Mark H Weaver
2017-06-07 9:29 ` Alex Kost
2017-06-07 22:25 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
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