Re: itl CVS changes & Qs

[Thamer Mahmoud <neokuwait at hotmail dot com>]

Nadim Shaikli writes:
 > OK, so I moved the prayertime source files to ./src (same will
 > happen with the hijri code soon'ish - all CVS tags and logs are
 > intact since that was done in the CVS repository proper) and moved
 > the lone doc/note to ./doc.
 > 
 > Samy is in the process of making the appropriate autotool changes
 > (should be rather minor).
 > 
 > A bit of noise.  Since ultimately all these libs will be part
 > of one monolithic "libitl" I'll be calling the hijri application
 > 'idate' ('i' for Islamic - 'hdate' is not a option).  I will also
 > change the 'prayertime' application to 'ipraytime' (all within
 > CVS so as not to lose any CVS info).  If we end-up with a 'cal'
 > application, it'll be 'ical' - ie. append 'i' to the name.
 > 
 > We also need to reach minor consensus on how to spell umm-alqura
 > (or om-alqura or ??) -- does the organization itself note what
 > they spell themselves as in english ?  We also need to settle on
 > how to spell Mekkah (or is it Mekka or Mecca or ??).  It would
 > be nice to be consistent and correct.

I just did a google search on this and they seem to always refer to
themselves as "Umm al-Qura University". From now on, I'll be using
that.

As for Mecca vs Mekkah, I prefer Mecca because it's in the
dictionary. ;)


Regards, 

Thamer Mahmoud


 > 
 > Salam.
 > 
 >  - Nadim
 >