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Re: Uploading packages



On Sun, May 24, 1998 at 04:20:34PM +0200, joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com wrote:

> > > Its a direct-to-disk recorder and contains:
> > > 	record (no cdrom support), cdrom-record and play-sample

> > 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.

update-alternatives will only work for programs that perform a
similar task, such as n editors, n pagers or so.  "Record" itself
is a general name which could be "record from the soundcard",
"record from the bttv board", "record keystrokes" ...  I believe
that's what Markus tried to point out.

Regards,

	Joey

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