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Another mangled bug, against `news' this time.
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Subject: Re: `news' has bad package name and short description ?
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 03:19:33 +0200
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>From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
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>Subject: `news' has bad package name and short description ?
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>I'm very unconvinced that the System V `news' program should have a
>package name of `news'. This will mislead people into thinking that
>it has something to do with USENET news.
>
>I think that the control file should be changed to:
> Package: sysvnews
> Conflicts: news
> Replaces: news
> Description: System news tool. (from System V, not USENET news)
> [ put some extended description here ]
>
>I haven't reported this as a bug because I'm not sure of my ground.
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>Ian.
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