Re: Imported io-lib, a Staden library

[Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

On 2 Sep 2008, at 10:50 am, Andreas Tille wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, James Bonfield wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:04:39PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > > I just realised while browsing the WWW that in Fedora libread was
> > > renamed libstaden-read.
> > >
> > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/updates/testing/8/x86_64/staden-io_lib-devel-1.11.2.1-2.fc8.i386.html
> > >
> > > What is your opinion about this name. Would you agree if we used the
> > > same in Debian ?
> >
> > That's not a bad idea. The existing name is hideous frankly and it's
> > just "getting around to it" that's prevented me picking something
> > else. libstaden-read I like as it has a namespace I can use for  
> > others too.
>
> When I read the first mail of Charles I've thought "Oh no, not  
> 'libread'".
> So I really agree with libstaden-read and it is good to know that  
> other
> distributors tried a reasonable rename.  Lets try to stick  
> compatible with
> these - and perhaps we could release this upstream soon.

Wow - stop the presses.  Everyone agrees with each other.  This has to  
be some sort of record in any Debian-related community.  :-)

Oh, and for the record, libstaden-read gets the thumbs up from me, too.

Tim


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