[Nix-dev] Dashes in haskell-packages

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 08/10/13 11:37, Pascal Wittmann wrote:

> On 10/08/2013 11:24 AM, Daniel Hlynskyi wrote:
>> Hello. There is a convention to convert haskell packages names to camelCase
>> when they contain dashes. But Nix now can dashes.
>> So what convention should I use when submitting new haskell packages to
>> `nixpkgs`?
> 
> The nixpkgs manual says:
> 
> "Dashes in the package name should be changed to underscores in variable
> names, rather than to camel case — e.g., module_init_tools instead of
> moduleInitTools."
> 	http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#idp365984

This is outdated, I'll fix it.  In fact, you should use dashes for new packages
so that the attribute name matches the package name (e.g. module-init-tools).

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