Re: Bug#696600: Sponsoring sun - schedule tasks at sunrise/set
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 04:02:58PM +0100, Steffen Vogel wrote:
> As I'm not willing to change the packagename, once its in the archive, I
> think it's important the choose a suitable name which also covers these
> new features.
>
> Here are my proposals:
>
> sun - fits calculations related to the planet sun
>
> suncal - seems only to be correct for time/date related calculus.
> Determination of the sun position in coordinates is not covered.
>
> ephemeris - fits calculations for positions of arbitrary celestial
> objects (sun, moon, planets, stars ..)
I'd say, let's try insisting on the name "sun" for a bit, for reasons I
mentioned earlier. It's short and sweet, you have a legitimate stake for
it, and contrary to appearances, the FTPmasters are not evil.
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