> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 09:53:34PM -0400, Thomas Hood wrote: > > How about calling the package "ooo" instead of "openoffice.org"? > > Why?! What advange does this have? 1. In order not to create the first Debian package name that contains a dot in its name that isn't part of a version number. It is desirable to keep dots out of package names because it is desirable to name configuration files after packages, and it is desirable to be able to exclude backup files from certain operations by excluding all files whose names contain a dot. 2. It's much shorter. "openoffice.org" is long, and once the megapackage is split up the subpackages will have even longer names. 3. It's coool. The 'oo' or 'ooo' abbreviation is widely used on this list and elsewhere. > Only people 'in the know' will know what you're > talking about. This is a major package ... the abbreviation will become well known. How did you know that 'gnupg' stands for 'GNU privacy guard'? How did you know that 'gs' stands for 'ghostscript'? I think 'ooo' is a good name, but I'll understand if your taste or opinions differ. -- Thomas Hood
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