Re: Bug#289043: ITP: perlprimer -- [Biology] Graphical design of primers for PCR

[Ralf Treinen <treinen@free.fr>]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:03:08PM +0100, Steffen Moeller wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> * Package name    : perlprimer
>   Version         : 1.1.5
>   Upstream Author : Owen Marshall <owenjm@users.sourceforge.net>
> * URL             : http://perlprimer.sourceforge.net
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : [Biology] Graphical design of primers for PCR
> 
> PerlPrimer is a free, open-source GUI application written in Perl that
> designs primers for standard PCR, bisulphite PCR, real-time PCR (QPCR)
> and sequencing. It aims to automate and simplify the process of primer
> design.

Wouldn't the package be better named "pcrprimer" or something like this?
The fact that it is written in perl seems not to be relevant to
the user. The name "perlprimer" makes me rather think of a primer 
(tutorial) for perl.

-Ralf.
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