Bug#441200: libconfig name clash
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> For the rest of the tech-ctte, to save reading through the bug log:
>
> * The original dispute was over the package name "libconfig", which was
> excessively generic. There was a package by that name in Debian
> maintained by its author, and a separate package that's also packaged
> for other distributions that uses the same name.
>
> * The Debian-specific libconfig has been orphaned and removed from lenny
> and sid. Since then, the other libconfig has been uploaded as
> libconfig.
I think it's still a bug that libconfig is using such a generic name,
but it's certainly one that can be made severity minor, tagged
upstream, and possibly wontfix'ed. Whatever the case, I don't think
the ctte needs to be involved until there is a real conflict here.
If there aren't any objections,[1] lets reassign this bug back to
src:libconfig while retitling and changing the severity to indicate
the problem.
Don Armstrong
1: Say in the next 48 hours? [People can always reassign it back]
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