How should we name node-js ports ?

Ruslan Makhmatkhanov rm at FreeBSD.org
Mon May 15 13:01:17 UTC 2017


Rodrigo Osorio wrote on 05/14/2017 15:16:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a bunch of nodejs ports to add, most of them as dependencies,
> and I wonder if we can find a naming standard like adding  'node' or
> 'node-js' prefix in the name ; I personally prefer 'node'.
> 
> As a result a port who install the node package xxx will be named 
> 'node-xxx'
> 
> Does it sounds good to you ?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> -- rodrigo

Am I right they will be actually installed with npm? If so, it would 
make sense to name them npm-<package>, like rubygems installed packages.

-- 
Regards,
Ruslan

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