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Re: Uploading packages



On Sun, May 24, 1998 at 09:38:18PM +0200, Bart Warmerdam wrote:
> ---Reply on mail from Marcus Brinkmann about Uploading packages
> 
> > On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 02:27:26PM +0200, Bart Warmerdam wrote:
> 
> > 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.
>
> I guess you are right. Any good alternative names are welcome. I have
> uploaded the package already. This means what...

Well, I can't suggest names as I don't exactly know what the executables do.
Perhaps a prefix of two characters would be appropriate. However, it is not
really a problem that you already uploaded the package, dpkg is smart enough
to change remove the old names and install the new one.

Thank you,
Marcus

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