Re: [Linuxcoe-devel] DiStRo nAmInG and code reliance

[Lee M. <lee...@hp...>]

Gartner, Bryan W wrote:
> Bruno,
>
>   
>> Just wanted to add Mandriva/Mandrake which is a mess in itself :-(
>>     
>
> Oops, yes, a total oversight, sorry.  We'll probably rely/expand some
> on our "distmap" table.
>
>   
>>> So, I was wondering about this possibility.  In the code, should we perhaps
>>> do all our checks as "DISTRO" or maybe "distro" and then frontend all of
>>> our parsing with the respective toupper or tolower functions to be as
>>> liberal with inputs, and strict with outputs?
>>>       
>> Applause !!! THat would help me a lot in what I'm trying to do outside
>> of LinuxCOE and hopefully inside soon.
>>
>> As an old-time Unix user, I'm inclined towards lc myself, but I don't
>> care as long as we can standardize on a single one and use it everywhere
>> ! We could even consider using that distro-release file under /etc to
>> get more info (except for Ubuntu which decided to not create one :-()
>>     
>
> As noted, I'm suggesting we accept all case(s) as input, and just
> use one standard internally (which actually becomes immaterial to
> most all users then.  So:
>
> 	Fedora
> 	fedora
> 	fEDORA
> 	...
> 	(even if not consistent across all inputs)
>
> would all be acceptable as configuration values.
>
>   
>> Excellent initiative. Just hope it doesn't create too much problem at
>> the code level.
>>     
>
> Easy to suggest it, now will have to access/implement it,
>
> bryang
>
>   
This is an excellent suggestion and I'd been thinking about it a little 
since Bruno originally suggested it last year.  I'd run into a bit of a 
'brain freeze' on the issue, but thinking a little more and Bruno's lc() 
nudge I think it will be easier to implement than I had originally 
thought.   I'll see if I can get a proof of concept working real soon.

Bryan, now might be a good time for a 'snapshot' release as I expect 
there will be many moving parts soon. :^)

Best Regards,

Lee