[gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-06 Thread Duncan
Ian Stakenvicius posted on Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:47:05 -0400 as excerpted: > Or alternatively, rc-net ? > > (google seems to reference 'rc' as 'remote control' as in race cars, > airplanes, etc; but given /etc/rc.* and /etc/init* have been around > forever and have always been called the "rc" syste

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-05 Thread Kent Fredric
On 5 August 2013 17:33, Christopher Head wrote: > Probably not a big deal, but there is a “~/.netrc” file which holds > usernames and password for various services (some FTP clients use it, > maybe others). If you want a suggestion that imbues all the things we want to imbue, and isn't a recogni

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-05 Thread Kent Fredric
> > Probably not a big deal, but there is a “~/.netrc” file which holds > usernames and password for various services (some FTP clients use it, > maybe others). > > Chris https://github.com/kr/netrc https://metacpan.org/module/Net::Netrc ^ too much evidence of prior work And worse, Net::Netrc i

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-04 Thread Christopher Head
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 05:20:32 + (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Exactly. That's why I like it. netrc is generic enough to be used > elsewhere, yet descriptive enough of what it actually does, that from > my perspective anyway, it's

[gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-04 Thread Duncan
Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:30:33 -0400 as excerpted: > On 08/04/2013 06:20 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 10:15:35PM +, Duncan wrote: >>> Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:01:40 -0400 as >>> excerpted: >>> Since it was pulled out of o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-04 Thread Michael Orlitzky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/04/2013 06:20 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 10:15:35PM +, Duncan wrote: >> Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:01:40 -0400 as >> excerpted: >> >>> Since it was pulled out of openrc, the name "netrc" also >>> s

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-04 Thread William Hubbs
On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 10:15:35PM +, Duncan wrote: > Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:01:40 -0400 as excerpted: > > > Since it was pulled out of openrc, the name "netrc" also suggests > > itself. > > I like it, if it's not taken elsewhere and will thus cause problems. Maybe, b

[gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-04 Thread Duncan
Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:01:40 -0400 as excerpted: > Since it was pulled out of openrc, the name "netrc" also suggests > itself. I like it, if it's not taken elsewhere and will thus cause problems. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree progra