So sprach �Oden Eriksson� am 2001-11-29 um 14:33:24 +0100 :
> > The proper solution IMO would be, to not use such an extremely generic
> > name like "imap" for the uw-imapd package.  Also the name is misleading,
> > as it doesn't clearly show, what imapd this is.
> 
> You're here also, maybe "imapd" or "imap-server" ?

Hm, "imapd"?  That doesn't explain that much more, does it? :)  Call me
an egoist (or whatever), but I still think that my original suggestion
is the best :)  uw-imap clearly shows, that this package contains
�uw-imap�.

The current name is just way too generic.  Just suppose the postfix
package would have a different name.  Let's say �smtp�.  I don't think
anyone would actually agree that this is the right name for the
postfix-smtp server.  The naming of the uw-imap package is no different
than my example above.

Generic names (like �imap�) *HAVE* to be reserved for Provides: and
Requires: lines.  It's IMO simply wrong to name a package like this.

> Perhaps the best "political" approach is just to let them conflict.

Exactly, and that's why I want a Conflicts: uw-imapd line.  Well,
actually I'd want a "Conflicts: imap && ! courier-imapd" line, meaning,
it conflicts with every imap package which is not courier-imapd.  But
that's impossible with RPM :(

Alexander Skwar
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