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[PATCH] gnu: git-modes: Rename to 'emacs-git-modes'.

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Message #14 received at 29582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Kyle Meyer <kyle <at> kyleam.com>, 29582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29582] [PATCH] gnu: git-modes: Rename to 'emacs-git-modes'.
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:51:30 -0500

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On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 10:16:12PM +0300, Alex Kost wrote:
> Kyle Meyer (2017-12-05 16:23 -0500) wrote:
> 
> > Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Hello, what about renaming 'git-modes' to 'emacs-git-modes' (similarly
> >> to 'emacs-paredit')?
> >
> > I'd like that.  Should magit and magit-svn also be converted to the
> > "emacs-" prefix?
> 
> I don't know whether there is a strict policy to prefix all emacs
> packages.  But I would prefer to leave "magit" ("magit-svn" therefore)
> and "geiser" as they are now (without "emacs-" prefix).  For some reason
> it looks more natural to me :-)

Usually when we prefix package names, we only do it for libraries, but
not for end-user applications.

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