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From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:42:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAXzdLU7dJGOW689tDkYuRYko1zYHXMcj_2PaVa0qStYA7ELNw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1812111429320.43@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 7:39 AM Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I have no intention of flaming anybody. That is simply a
> misrepresentation.

you may see yourself "through a glass darkly", but i dont. this language is not
constructive:

> > - pc-windows
> > - pc-win
> > - win
>
> I find all of those horrible.

one windows triplet in use is "x86_64-pc-windows", used by Rust:

https://forge.rust-lang.org/other-installation-methods.html

which is how i came about my suggestions - again they arent great but they arent
misleading as "Win32" is.

> It is a long established convention to talk about the Win32 API as the set
> of functions developed for Windows NT and backported to Windows 95.
>
> There is no benefit in abandoning that convention just to please you.

Quoting from Wikipedia (emphasis mine):

> The **Windows API**, informally **WinAPI**, is Microsoft's core set of
> application programming interfaces (APIs) available in the Microsoft Windows
> operating systems. The name **Windows API** collectively refers to several
> different platform implementations that are often referred to by their own
> names (for example, **Win32** API)

and:

> Microsoft eventually changed the name of the then current **Win32** API family
> into **Windows API**, and made it into a catch-all term for both past and
> future API versions.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_API

and quoting directly from Microsoft:

> The **Windows API** can be used in all Windows-based desktop applications, and
> the same functions are generally supported on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.

http://docs.microsoft.com/windows/desktop/apiindex/api-index-portal

So again, "Win32" refers specifically to the old 32-bit only version of the API,
while:

- windows-api
- win-api
- winapi

refer to the current version.

> If you want to change something that has been in use for a long time, you
> have to have good reasons. None of your arguments convinces me so far that
> you have any good reason to change these.

i am certainly not interested in convincing you. i figured you wouldve gleaned
this from the fact that i removed you from the CC. Nevertheless, see above
links.

> If anyone truly cares about an issue to be fixed, I would expect more
> assisting, and less distracting, to do wonders.

hmm:

- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLXSJU5bC_D1Q_gCWqKG7mcdcAvRkiYzano-VsrRRxazDQ@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLXmJ1YKiTF17b=ZfkM3HtJCNkvVMQNU=riW8R42VLid_Q@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLWByGC+B_XdDiJwounoPgMAsMq=EuOSx9bdV-f5vQUhnA@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLXCEeZdkCXT+-0n=Fn7_=Nz5cm+6xr0w-cd6B1om028uA@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLU3dsCabgYKnD9c7iWZcXx1cfO3tisJ7r0dNjiiTHk1mA@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLWBSD5coxqbyRN_d9B1e4AA-Q6VQ7iRo8BPuhBKDicMRQ@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLX4jU7+i1W1A_Q1LpPFa1D4FYVPW5rcMnqr_tDHEJn+tw@mail.gmail.com
- http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLWtDw09umyr23qZkv2jQ6_mTeFXbktgb-f6S2w6Zf1Egg@mail.gmail.com

  reply	other threads:[~2018-12-12  0:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-18 15:21 Cygwin Git with Windows paths Steven Penny
2018-11-18 15:41 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-18 16:23   ` Steven Penny
2018-11-18 17:15     ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-18 17:34       ` Steven Penny
2018-11-18 18:28         ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-18 19:00           ` Steven Penny
2018-11-19  0:06       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-19  2:11         ` Randall S. Becker
2018-11-19  3:33           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-19  5:20             ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-20  0:17               ` Steven Penny
2018-11-20 10:36                 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-20 12:51                   ` Steven Penny
2018-11-19 12:22             ` Randall S. Becker
2018-11-26 17:32 ` [PATCH v1/RFC 1/1] 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again) tboegi
2018-11-27  0:35   ` Steven Penny
2018-11-27  1:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27  2:49     ` Steven Penny
2018-11-27  5:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27  6:20         ` Steven Penny
2018-11-27 12:55         ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28  4:10           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28  5:55             ` J.H. van de Water
2018-11-28  8:46               ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28  9:01                 ` Houder
2018-11-28  9:35                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-27 20:10     ` Achim Gratz
2018-11-27 12:49   ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28  4:12     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 20:05   ` Achim Gratz
2018-12-07 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git " tboegi
2018-12-07 21:53   ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-08  0:49   ` Steven Penny
2018-12-10  8:46     ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-10 12:45       ` Steven Penny
2018-12-11 13:39         ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-12  0:42           ` Steven Penny [this message]
2018-12-12  7:29             ` Johannes Sixt
2018-12-12 12:40               ` Steven Penny
2018-12-13  3:52                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-12 13:33               ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-12  3:47     ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-12 13:57       ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-07 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] offset_1st_component(), dos_drive_prefix() return size_t tboegi
2018-12-07 17:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Refactor mingw_cygwin_offset_1st_component() tboegi
2018-12-07 22:18   ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-08 15:11 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again) tboegi
2018-12-08 16:24   ` Steven Penny
2018-12-09  1:39   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-10  8:32   ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-11  6:12     ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-12-11 13:28       ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-11 18:55         ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-12-15  4:33 ` [PATCH v4 " tboegi
2019-05-02  7:48   ` Achim Gratz

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