#include <hallo.h>
* Mike Hommey [Wed, Dec 06 2006, 08:36:16PM]:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 05:02:19PM +0100, Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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.
>
> If you felt that using the same namespace than mozilla products "forks"
> was so cool, why didn't you rename mkisofs icesomethingelse ?
Because icesomethingelse sounds even uglier. And icesomethingelse would
be used then, the next fork would not
icesomethingelsebutnottheothericesomethingelse as the binary name.
And most other names have been used already... and dax has some meaning
(Digital Audio eXtraction).
> Why rename cdda2wav anyway ? is it a trademark ?
Not really. But the author wished that and we respected his wish,
counting on better relationships in the future. I had to contact him
directly to be sure, since Schilling kept claiming various things
without proof. And Heiko sounded more reasonable.
Eduard.
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