Bug#668219: ITP: otf -- Open Trace Format support library

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Harshula, le Fri 13 Apr 2012 00:11:53 +1000, a écrit :
> On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 17:47 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Harshula, le Tue 10 Apr 2012 11:40:59 +1000, a écrit :
> 
> > > OTF is an established acronym for OpenType Fonts.
> > 
> > And OTF is an established acronym for Open Trace Format. Worse, it's the
> > filename extension.
> > 
> > > It's unfortunate that Open Trace Format uses the phrase OTF.
> > 
> > It's unfortunate that OpenType Font uses the phrase OTF.
> > 
> > > Would they consider renaming?
> > 
> > I don't think they would, it's relatively old (2005) and known already.
> 
> I think you will find that OpenType Font's usage of OTF precedes Open
> Trace Format.

That does not bring anything. 7 years history is already enough for
making a rename hurt badly.

> Is there any harm in asking if Open Trace Format would consider
> renaming?

Apart from time, no.  It's now been one week since I sent them a mail,
still no answer.  I guess that means "no".

Samuel