Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2024-08-08

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] [RFC] Introduce cgit-rs, a Rust wrapper around libgit.a

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2024-08-08 17:20:35

"Jason A. Donenfeld" [off-list ref] writes:
Cgit maintainer here...

On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 11:21:25AM -0700, Josh Steadmon wrote:
quoted
* bikeshedding on the name (yes, really). There is an active, unrelated
  CGit project [4] that we only recently became aware of. We originally
  took the name "cgit" because at $DAYJOB we sometimes refer to git.git
  as "cgit" to distinguish it from jgit [5].
Indeed, please find something else. Cgit is a real project, used by
many, such as git.kernel.org, and it'll turn into a real hassle for both
of us if there's ambiguity and confusion.

What about libgit-rs? Or even libgit3, where the rustness of it is
simply an implementation detail, so the name won't feel dated 15 years
from now when everything is written in Rust anyway and -rs is so 2020s?
libgit-rs sounds like a descriptive and good name.

I am not sure about the wisdom of _not_ saying anything about Rust.
In 2035 maybe nobody is writing in Rust but in not-yet-invented
alternative that is even better.
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