Bug#624764: ITP: trng -- Tina's Random Number Generator Library

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>]

On Sun, 08 May 2011, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote:
> >Might you consider using tinarng as the package name, please?
> >
> >TRNG is commonly used as the abbreviation of True Random Number
> >Generator (and variations, such as thruly random number generator).
> >
> >It could cause some confusion.  Really, upstream should have known
> >better...
> >
> >At the very least, change the short description to add "pseudo".
> >
> 
> Hi Henrique! Thanks for the feedback! I've consulted with upstream
> and we both agree that renaming the library would be a bit
> unfortunate due to incompatibility. Upstream and I agree that your
> suggestion of including "pseudo" in the short description is a very
> good idea, so I've done that.

I am not suggesting a rename of the library itself (although THAT would
be the best option in the long term).  I am asking for a rename of the
*Debian package*, only.  Users would still easily find it, provided that
you add "libtrng" and "trng" in the full description somewhere to ease
searching.

Besides, it is a library: maintainers will find it easily enough to add
as a dependency, and our automated find-the-library-package scripts
(such as auto-apt and friends) do NOT rely upon the package name or
descriptions at all, instead they look for lib<foo> in the *filesystem
contents* of the packages.

So, please consider renaming the *PACKAGE* to tinarng.

-- 
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  Henrique Holschuh