Re: new package name for gtk-engines-mgicchikn

[Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com>]

Sebastian Henschel writes:

> my sponsor and i agree on "gtk2-engines-magicchicken", despite its
> length. what do the others think about it?

The suggestion in the developer's reference is just a suggestion. Go for
it.

Considering the package-name-displaying limitations of dpkg -l (14
chars, by default) and dselect's main list (12, unless you make every
field expanded), this 20 figure does seem kind of silly. It's not like
anyone is going to see "gtk2-engines-magicch" and become confused;
they're going to have to actually select the package and read the whole
name. Does anyone know what the rationale was? Obviously, we don't want
to have things like...

(/me pulls out quotesfile)

<asuffield> kernel-patch-2.2.19-donald-becker-ethernet-drivers-and-i-can-add-any-old-crap-here-because-it-is-way-off-the-end-of-your-screen-by-now

But, a little common sense should probably keep that in check. :)
However, if there *is* a good reason, I'd be interested in knowing it.

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