On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 11:06:35 AM UTC-8, Dave Cheney wrote: > > On Sunday, 24 December 2017 05:18:14 UTC+11, Tim Peoples wrote: > > I've noticed a somewhat common practice of people naming their github > repositories with a "go-" prefix (and then, of course, subsequently > dropping the prefix in the actual package name) -- yet a similar naming > scheme doesn't seem to be commonplace among many other languages. > > > > I believe the zeitgeist originated with JavaScript. > > > > > Is this recommended somewhere? If so, where? > > > > It is not recommended for your package’s repository or directory name to > differ from its package declaration. > > > > > Conversely, is it explicitly discouraged? > > Yes, for the reasons above, it’s confusing, also it’s redudant for the > same reasons go programmers do not start interface declarations with a > capital I. > > Thanks Dave, that's exactly what I'd assumed (but didn't want to overly expose my original bias).
I only asked because every time I see this, it tends to make me wince (and I often end up forking the repo just so I can rename it). I suppose the real question is, "How do we get people to stop?" :D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
