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OT: namespace pollution & prefixes



On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:41:33AM +0200, Tobias Hansen wrote:
> I would recommend to be careful not to pollute the /usr/bin namespace.
> If a package really has to install many commands to /usr/bin in bulk,
> consider prefixing them with the name of the project, e.g. seacas-fastq.
> Especially if there are generic names such as decomp, algebra, numbers
> involved.

good idea. thanks Tobias.

Nico: i have added & pushed the suggested prefixes, i didn't check
whether some of them call each other yet.

cheers
felix


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