[BioSQL-l] migration to github

[Peter]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Chris Fields wrote:
>
> On Jul 30, 2010, at 3:17 AM, Peter wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Finally, does anyone have a strong feeling about the capitalization of
>>> BioSQL on Github? All lowercase (github.com/biosql) or capitalized
>>> (github.com/BioSQL)?
>>
>> Personally I'd pick lowercase - it seems more commonly used
>> for repositories and usernames in general. In our case it also
>> avoided Biopython vs BioPython confusion. Curiously most but
>> not all of the BioPerl repositories are in lowercase...
>>
>> Peter
>
> Okay, organization and repo name are both now 'biosql'.  No take-backs!

Thanks for sorting this out :)

> Re: upper case with bioperl repos, do you mean the Bio-* ones?
> The emphasis there that (1) they aren't part of bioperl core but are
> still part of the Bio namespace, and (2) the dist will match the actual
> namespace and the module name (Bio::FeatureIO, for instance),
> unlike BioPerl and the others, and (3) there is some precedent
> (Bio::Graphics being one).  This simple thing makes it a lot easier
> for keeping track of names, and the module name can be used for
> CPAN installation, indexing, and documentation.

Not being familiar with the specifics it just looked inconsistent, but it
sounds like there is a rational and practical scheme in place. Thanks
for explaining things.

Regards,

Peter