Re: 02/02: gnu: Add s.

[Alex Kost]

Mark H Weaver (2017-06-04 20:15 -0400) wrote:

>> +(define-public s
>> +  (let ((commit "6604341edb3a775ff94415762af3ee9bd86bfb3c")
>> +        (revision "1"))
>> +    (package
>> +      (name "s")
>> +      (version (string-append "0.0.0-" revision "." (string-take commit 7)))
>
> I think we should rename this package and variable name to 's-shell' or
> something along those lines.  's' is commonly used as a local variable
> name.  Single character variable names are in short supply, and I don't
> think we should allocate them to packages.
>
> Thoughts?

And what about "r" package?

In my opinion, package names for "r" and "s" should stay the same – I
think these names are expected by users.  As for the variable names,
they may be renamed, if it is needed.

-- 
Alex