Hi, I maintain swap-cwm and indeed it is a minor package that may go away (if upstream - a certain sir Tim Berners-Lee - fails to migrate it to Python3). So maybe simply wait till the package is kicked from Debian. If swap-cwm gets updated upstream then I will keep it in Debian as well but I might try to rename the binaries - because as Adam points out it is really a too generic name. Either way, name "delta" may be freed soon in Debian $PATH namespace. I do think, however, that another use for the name should be introduced only after 1 or 2 stable releases of the old use being gone, to ensure there are no migration issues or old packages lingering. (I know that it required years of "quarantain" for the name "node" - previously used for a ham radio daemon, now for a JavaScript compiler - but possibly I misunderstand and the quarantain was purely due to that other case ending up involving a formal ruling by the technical committee). ...and even then, I agree with Adam that "delta" is a too generic name. In short, yes I am open to drop "diff" from swap-cwm, but I think you will then need to wait 2-4 years, and even then it is a bad name: Please don't. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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