lowercase requirement for py-ports (Re: svn commit: r405240 - in head/devel: . py-PyLD)

[Kubilay Kocak]

On 5/01/2016 3:32 AM, Mikhail T. wrote:
> On 04.01.2016 11:04, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>> No discussion archive
> Well, if it is not a result of a discussion arriving to a consensus,
> then, perhaps, the rule is not as hard, is it? What are you reasons
> behind it?
>> also PyPI is case insensitive
> 
> Ah, good to know. Perhaps, that's because Python has to work on OSes
> with case-insensitive filesystems. But FreeBSD is not among those...
> 
>> FWIW, some of the current practice also includes arbitrarily changing
>> the names/versions, missing prefixes/suffixed (causing known conflicts),
>> among other non-standard things.
> I agree, that /these/ things are best avoided. Mixed-case portnames,
> however, are not so obviously wrong.

Agreed, its just not a 'current practice' thing that makes that relevant :)

>> My guess is also that multi-case ports are in the minority.
> It is a /substantial/ minority. Analyzing the INDEX-10 here, I get:
> 
>     % awk -F\| '$1 ~ /.*[A-Z].*/ {upper++} {total++} END {print upper "
>     of " total " ports have capital letter in name"}' INDEX-10
>     6312 of 25575 ports have capital letter in name

How does the figure change only including py-* ports?

(<standards>note, not all py ports have py prefixes!</standards>)

Nice awk'ing btw *bows*

> Yours,
>     -mi

./koobs