Re: Intent to package GTKstep theme
che@debian.org (Ben Gertzfield) writes:
> >>>>> "Adam" == Adam Klein <aklein@scn.org> writes:
>
> Adam> I'd like suggestions on what to name the package, and what
> Adam> section it should go in. The current precedent (set by two
> Adam> packages) is to use the name gtk-engines-<themename>, and
> Adam> section graphics. I'm not sure this is the right thing to
> Adam> do. It seems to me that gtkstep would be a fine package
> Adam> name. For the section, I'll probably stay with graphics.
>
> I would think gtk-engines-gtkstep would make more sense; there may
> be a program called 'gtkstep' in the future, and then there would
> be a conflict.
>
That's exactly what i would rather argue against. If someone would
come up with a program named like this i would be happy to point out
to her that this name is already given away. Maybe we should name our
XEmacs packages something else too because there may be a program
called "xemacs" in the future. Maybe we should even rename all our
packages to something else because there may be programs called with
these very names in the future... ;-)
We should be careful to stick to the upstreams' package name as close
as possible because this is what the installer expects. This is IMHO
a matter of basic intuition and shouldn't be spoiled by theoretical
ponderings. So "gtkstep" sounds just fine to me.
Thanks, P. *8^)
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