How should we name node-js ports ?

scratch65535 at att.net scratch65535 at att.net
Mon May 15 15:04:18 UTC 2017


[Default] On Sun, 14 May 2017 14:16:23 +0200, Rodrigo Osorio
<ros at bebik.net> wrote:

>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 ?

Since "node" already has a well-established general meaning that
has no immediate connection to software, it'd be much less
confusing to use "nodejs", since that *does* have a direct and
immediate connection to the software ports you plan to add.


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