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| author | nia <nia@pkgsrc.org> | 2021-06-14 22:53:02 +0000 |
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| committer | nia <nia@pkgsrc.org> | 2021-06-14 22:53:02 +0000 |
| commit | 605415ee520d2bb025b8892e2ad6d6ddebd4819e (patch) | |
| tree | 6ac37b2fb9024c39be00b6a3e09a825773bc3495 /doc/guide | |
| parent | fa9614d2e2adc69cce399fd60fa8f7defb4aeddb (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-605415ee520d2bb025b8892e2ad6d6ddebd4819e.tar.gz | |
guide: Recommend that PKGNAME be lowercase
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/components.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/components.xml b/doc/guide/files/components.xml index ddf99edb554..933c002779c 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/components.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/components.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.60 2021/03/26 17:43:20 gdt Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.61 2021/06/14 22:53:02 nia Exp $ --> <chapter id="components"> <?dbhtml filename="components.html"?> <title>Package components - files, directories and contents</title> @@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ sections.</para> regular expression <varname>^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-_.+]*$</varname>, that is, it starts with a letter or digit, and contains only letters, digits, - dashes, underscores, dots and plus signs.</para></listitem> + dashes, underscores, dots and plus signs. + New packages should have entirely lower-case names, with the exception + of some that must follow pre-existing conventions + (e.g. R packages begin with <varname>R-</varname>). + You can use the <code>:tl</code> variable modifier to lower-case + the package name.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><varname>CATEGORIES</varname> is a list of categories which the package fits in. You can choose any of the top-level |