Re: Bug#190922: ITP: gnome-randr-applet -- Simple gnome-panel front end to the xrandr extension
On Sun, 2003-04-27 at 08:18, Sven Luther wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-04-27
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : gnome-randr-applet
> Version : 0.2
> Upstream Author : Matthew Allum <mallum@openedhand.com>
> * URL : http://handhelds.org/~mallum/downloadables/grandr_applet-0.2.tar.gz
> * License : GPL
> Description : Simple gnome-panel front end to the xrandr extension
>
> Gnome-randr-applet is a simple gnome-panel front end to the xrandr
> extension found in XFree86 4.3+ releases.
>
> Notice that i had already packaged this and uploaded it to the NEW
> queue, but it was rejected, since it has a dependency on X 4.3.0, which
> is not (yet) in the archive.
>
> I also have a question about the package name, upstream is
> grandr-applet, but other similar packages are called hardware-monitor
> and gnome-sensors, so i thought that the grandr should be changed to
> gnome-randr. But does it make sense to guard the applet bit ? I think i
> really should ask on debian-gtk-gnome. And should hardware-monitor
> better be called gnome-hardware-monitor-applet ?
Personally i think your choice of name is excellent. Prepending the
gnome- is pretty helpful as is appending the -applet. Although i think
you should explain what it does directly in the description; "Simple
gnome applet to change display settings (resolution, etc)"
And then include further explanation of everything it can do with XRandr
in the description. I think you might be right about the naming of
hardware-monitor, it is a very generic name.
Cheers,
Rob
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