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Re: Uploading packages




On Sun, 24 May 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

> On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 02:27:26PM +0200, Bart Warmerdam wrote:
> 
> > Its a direct-to-disk recorder and contains:
> > 	record (no cdrom support), cdrom-record and play-sample
> 
> Hello Bart!
> 
> I'm a bit scared to ask, because I don't want to start a thread, but are
> these the names of the executables?
> 
> The reason I ask is becasue it is depreciated to use dictionary words,
> because of namespace wasting... well, especially "record" seems to be too
> general.
> 
> Comments?

Using generic names is not a bad thing, claiming them is.

Maybe you should have a look at update-alternatives.

Cheers,


Joost


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