[BioC] packagename, PackageName, packageName
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Mon Mar 17 11:54:21 MET 2003
>>>>> "Gordon" == Gordon Smyth <smyth at wehi.edu.au>
>>>>> on Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:58:55 +1100 writes:
Gordon> Is there a preferred capitalization convention for
Gordon> Bioconductor package names? I am preparing a
Gordon> package intended for Bioconductor tentatively called
Gordon> LinMod (linear models for microarrays). Possible
Gordon> names for my package would be linmod, LinMod or
Gordon> linMod, i.e., no caps, cap of all initial letters,
Gordon> or formal class style capitalization. All three
Gordon> conventions are currently in use by more than one
Gordon> Bioconductor package.
For CRAN, Kurt Hornik a while ago told me that he thinks using
all lowercase was best -- unless there's a very good reason to
differently.
I tend to agree.
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