This was discussed before: http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2003/07/msg00176.html
And see also Debian GNOME Packaging Policy: http://www.burtonini.com/computing/gnome-policy-20030502-1.html Quote: "Panel Applets. TODO: Panel applets -- "gnome-applet-foo" or "foo-applet" or "gnome-foo-applet?" I ran apt-rdepends on libpanel-applet2-0 and weeded out full applications which happened to provide applets. The result follows: "foo" style: apt-watch bubblemon flink glunarclock gxmms netapplet netspeed teatime "foo-applet" style gtodo-applet imhangul-status-applet lock-keys-applet mboxcheck-applet netmon-applet quick-lounge-applet rhythmbox-applet seti-applet xpenguins-applet "gnome-foo-applet" style: gnome-cpufreq-applet gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-randr-applet gnome-swallow-applet "foo-gnome" style: verbiste-gnome oooqstart-gnome "gnome-foo" style: gnome-blog gnome-pilot "foo-applet-gnome" style: uim-applet-gnome Which is, not consistent. I don't like "netspeed" package name, which is too generic, while its upstream name is "netspeed_applet". See http://mfcn.ilo.de/netspeed_applet/ . Any idea? Seo Sanghyeon