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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-20 07:16:08


On Saturday 20 November 2004 01:24, David Abrahams wrote:
> Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > Vladimir Prus wrote:
> >> The arguments about "Jam" prefix is definitely a valid one. It would
> >> have to relearn this convention, but new users might benefit. Anybody
> >> else care to comment on this UI issue? Should we use Jamroot or
> >> project-root.jam?
> >
> > I prefer files that have an extension. Don't really care that much about
> > the name though :-)
> >
> > Extensions make MIME types, CVS, editors, IDS, etc. behave reasonably.
>
> Oh, good point. But then, we should change the name of Jamfile too.
>
> file.jam
>
> ??? ;^)

Hmm... project-root.jam and project.jam? I'm not sure I even wanted those
files to have an extension, though.

BTW, what's IDS? "Intrusion detection system" or something else?

- Volodya

 


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