On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:48:06 +0000 Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: > Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Conflict over /usr/bin/dune"): > > https://www.google.com/search?q=dune+software > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(software) > > https://www.google.com/search?q=%2Fusr%2Fbin%2Fdune > > > > Under the circumstances it seems obvious that, at the very least, the > > ocaml build tool should not be allowed the name /usr/bin/dune. > > Perhaps I should have stated this explicitly, since it was not obvious > unless you follow the links. > > `Dune' is not, as a piece of software, primarily either the ocaml > build tool, or the 3D modeller. > > Mostly it is DUNE, a "modular C++ library for the solution of partial > differential equations using grid-based methods". That's what you get > if you visit the Wikipedia link I provided - not even a disambiguation > link. The others don't rate a mention.
That C++ library is also something I was expecting to have this (meta-)package called dune. If the ocaml build system wants to stay within the theme, what about "camel" ? And once they find out that there is already camel.apache.org, rename it again to "hump" (which seems to be available). Andreas