Your message dated Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:26:19 -0500 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#548289: fvwm: prefer lowercase commands in /usr/bin has caused the Debian Bug report #548289, regarding fvwm: prefer lowercase commands in /usr/bin to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: fvwm Version: 1:2.5.27.ds-12 Severity: minor It appears that this command is different: /usr/bin/FvwmCommand >From the rest of inctalled: /usr/bin/fvwm2 /usr/bin/fvwm-bug /usr/bin/fvwm-config /usr/bin/fvwm-convert-2.4 /usr/bin/fvwm-convert-2.6 /usr/bin/fvwm-menu-desktop /usr/bin/fvwm-menu-directory /usr/bin/fvwm-menu-headlines /usr/bin/fvwm-menu-xlock /usr/bin/fvwm-perllib /usr/bin/fvwm-root SUGGESTION After installation, user searching for all "fvwm*" package's installed commands would type "fvwm" + TAB, but he would miss the capitalized command. Similarly searching with find(1) for "*fvwm*" would not notice the capital letter command by default. If possible, please rename the installed /usr/bin/ command to follow the style of the rest in the package. As: fvwm-command -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages fvwm depends on: ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libfribidi0 0.10.9-1 Free Implementation of the Unicode ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.5-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libice6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpng12-0 1.2.39-1 PNG library - runtime ii libreadline5 5.2-6 GNU readline and history libraries ii librplay3 3.3.2-12 rplay network audio system - share ii librsvg2-2 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library ii libstroke0 0.5.1-6 mouse strokes library -- runtime f ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxft2 2.1.13-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.7-2 X11 pixmap library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime Versions of packages fvwm recommends: ii fvwm-icons 2001.08.13-6 XPMs icons from fvwm development s ii libx11-protocol-perl 0.56-2 Perl module for the X Window Syste ii perl-tk 1:804.028-5 Perl module providing the Tk graph Versions of packages fvwm suggests: ii cpp 4:4.3.3-9 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) pn fvwm-themes <none> (no description available) ii m4 1.4.13-2 a macro processing language ii menu 2.1.41 generates programs menu for all me pn wm-icons <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Hi, On Fri, Sep 25 2009, Jari Aalto wrote: > It appears that this command is different: > /usr/bin/FvwmCommand >>From the rest of inctalled: Yes. But I do not consider this a bug, the FvwmCommand _is_ different from the other commands, in that it needs special setup in the configuration. > SUGGESTION > > After installation, user searching for all "fvwm*" package's > installed commands would type "fvwm" + TAB, but he would miss > the capitalized command. > Similarly searching with find(1) for "*fvwm*" would not notice > the capital letter command by default. The user should be looking at better ways to discover commands that packages install. > If possible, please rename the installed /usr/bin/ command to > follow the style of the rest in the package. As: > > fvwm-command I don't think that bad user practices are adequate justification for breaking compatibility with upstream and other distributions -- not to mention all kinds if end user installations. manoj -- Writing software is more fun than working. Manoj Srivastava <[email protected]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
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