Re: Bug#1110179: ITP: fpm -- Fortran package manager - build tool

[Alastair McKinstry <alastair.mckinstry@mckinstry.ie>]

On 31/07/2025 15:17, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 10:26:44 +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
> > Fortran Package Manager is not to be confused with Jordan Sissel's fpm,
> > a more general, non-Fortran related package manager.
>
> Under this name, it absolutely will get confused with Jordan Sissel's 
> fpm. I would suggest packaging it with a namespaced name: perhaps 
> fortran-fpm or something like that.
>
> > There was also an fpm ackage in Debian, removed in 2007.
>
> This appears to have been a third, unrelated fpm (it was a password 
> manager), adding to the confusion...
>
>     smcv
Yes, I'm happy to change the name. fortran-fpm is ok with me.

Alastair

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