On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 05:02:19PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Adrian Bunk [Tue, Dec 05 2006, 11:16:49AM]:
> > Package: icedax
> > Version: 9:1.1.0-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > The name icedax sounds as if it was one more of the Debian
> > Mozilla versions iceape/icedove/iceweasel
> > (especially for German people: German "Dachs" = badger).
> >
> > Could you name it differently?
>
> I disagree (speaking for myself only). That would mean that Debian
> enforces a strict name policy in exchange for another strict (and
> trademark protected) naming policy.
>
> ice{ape,dove,weasel} sound like forks of <censored> for Debian&others,
> and icedax is another fork of <censored> for Debian&others. I don't see
> why it should not share the namespace of the low-temperature zoo.
All I can say that it confused me that one more ice* package was pulled
by an "apt-get dist-upgrade" one day after I got iceape this way, and it
turned out it was not in any way related to the Mozilla project.
That's not about a strict naming policy, it's simply the fact that the
name icedax will IMHO become a big source of confusion for users.
wodim was a good name, and there are many other possible names that will
not cause any confusion.
Feel free to disagree (and you are the maintainer).
> Eduard.
cu
Adrian
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