Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)

From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 12, 2018, 00:42 UTC
Message-ID: <CAAXzdLU7dJGOW689tDkYuRYko1zYHXMcj_2PaVa0qStYA7ELNw@mail.gmail.com>
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:

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> > - 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):

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> 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