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Re: ITP: cddb.bundle -- CDDB Bundle for GNUstep



On Thursday 07 October 2004 10:09, Frank Küster wrote:
> Tilo Schwarz <list@tilo-schwarz.de> wrote:
> > On Monday 04 October 2004 20:23, Frank Küster wrote:
> >> I must have missed this thread... What is ".bundle" meant to
> >> indicate?
> >
> > On NeXT-Step systems the ".bundle" suffix of a directory indicates
> > a dynamically linkable module (basically like a shared lib).
>
> Is Debian a NeXT-Step system? I guess not. Does ".bundle" have any
> meaning to our *users*? I guess no.
>
> It doesn't really matter whether you can teach the readers of ITP's
> on debian-devel what ".bundle" means. The question is whether we
> serve our users with what I would call a "cryptic name" for at least
> 90% of them.

The intention of my answer was not to argue concerning the gnustep 
naming issue in any direction - I couldn't care less. The answer 
doesn't contain a single word regarding the naming discussion.

The intention was to answer what I thought was a question of you:

> >> I must have missed this thread... What is ".bundle" meant to
> >> indicate?

But I guess, it wasn't a question so I shouldn't have answered.

Regards,

 Tilo



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