Re: Bug#807868: ITP: zjump -- Jump to frequent directories matching regex
Hi,
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 07:00:40PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>, 2015-12-14, 21:36:
> >>>The package should actually be called 'Z', but according to reportbug
> >>>hat is not a valid package name.
> >>
> >>reportbug is right. As per Policy §5.6.1, package names “must be at
> >>least two characters long”.
> >>
> >>>Are there any suggestions for this?
> >>
> >>My suggestion is to ask upstream about their preference in alternative
> >>names for "z".
> >
> >Yes. That's the best thing to do.
> >
> >Or at least, install its binary and manpage in some other name such as
> >rupa-z or zjump. And add suggestion to make a short alias such as "z"
> >which does not conflict on the machine in its manpage and README.
>
> I'm confused. There is no file conflict here, so I see no reason to rename
> the program or its manpage.
I agree that there is no policy driven rationale to do this.
> We do have to rename the package, but only because the use upstream uses is
> too short.
I just thought that a short command name is scarce resource and it is
best avoided to be claimed by a small script.
Osamu
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