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Re: Renaming packages



> I don't think the 'xterm' package is called that to avoid using the
> name 'terminal'. 'xterm' is called 'xterm' because the upstream
> software package is called 'xterm'. The same goes for 'aterm' and
> 'rxvt' and 'wterm' and all the others you mention.

Happily, in all these cases upstream has already gone to the effort of
choosing non-generic names, so we don't have to worry about it.

b.



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