Bug#806716: ITP: python-jellyfish -- Python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings

[Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>]

Hi Diego,

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 02:35:10PM +0100, Diego M. Rodriguez wrote:
> Hello Andreas,
> 
> and thanks for the heads up! I did notice the potential naming conflict and
> the existence of the DNA-related package you mention on your reply, and opted
> for simply prepending the "python-" prefix to this package (as upstream also
> chose just "jellyfish" as the official name of the software).

I noticed this and think that is fine.

> I'd be happy to make the differentiation more obvious, although I could not
> find the official Debian guidelines for solving these cases.

As long there is no file name conflict there is nothing to solve.

> Would it be
> desirable to rename the package to something less prone to confusion, or would
> it be enough to include some clarification string on the package description?

I'd leave it to your opinion whether you think there is a chance for
really confusing the packages or whether an additional hint might add
confusion.  May be README.Debian would be a less noisy place to mention
this.

Kind regards

       Andreas.

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