Bug#1023161: RFS: libghc-filesystem/1.15.12-1 [ITP] -- Implementation of C++17 std::filesystem for C++11-20

[Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 09:35:57PM +0000, Ben Westover wrote:
>  * Package name     : libghc-filesystem
>    Version          : 1.15.12-1
>    Upstream contact : Steffen Schümann <s.schuemann@pobox.com>
>  * URL              : https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem

>  libghc-filesystem (1.15.12-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * Initial Package (Closes: #1023160)

.--[ debian/lintian-overrides ]
# While ghc usually refers to Haskell packages, this package using the
# namespace ghc isn't related to Haskell; according to the upstream, it
# stands for "gulrak's helper classes".
wrong-section-according-to-package-name
`----

Is there a reason you picked that specific name?  Unlike some other
languages, there's no convention to name C++ packages after their
internal namespace, and this particular one clashes with Haskell,
confusing both machines and humans.


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