Bug#112746: ITP: fv -- a Tcl/Tk tool for viewing and editing FITS format files

[Jens Schmalzing <jens.schmalzing@physik.uni-muenchen.de>]

Dear Sebastian,

> Could you please call the Debian package fitsview or something like
> that?  It prevents namespace pollution and is much more obvious.

I feel that if a package provides essentially one program, it should
carry its name.  The tool fv is part of the FTOOLS package from
HEASARC, and hence is sufficiently well-known among its user-base in
the astronomy community.  The authors actually provide binary packages
for a number of platforms, and users expect to find this tool under
the name fv.  Renaming the program would create major confusion, as
would choosing a different name for the package.

If people need something obvious, they can always read the tagline and
description, which contain the keywords FITS and view.

Regards, Jens.

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