On Friday 29 June 2012 21:18:39 Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 07:36:46PM +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 29.06.2012, 19:21 +0200 schrieb Mehdi Dogguy: > > > Package: wnpp > > > Severity: wishlist > > > Owner: Mehdi Dogguy <me...@debian.org> > > > > > > * Package name : ben > > > > > > Version : 0.6 > > > Upstream Author : Mehdi Dogguy and Stéphane Glondu > > > > > > * URL : http://ben.debian.net/ > > > * License : AGPL-3+ > > > > > > Programming Lang: C, OCaml > > > Description : toolbox for Debian maintainers > > > > > > This is a collection of useful tools that Debian maintainers can use > > > to make their packaging work easier. They all work with regular > > > Debian package list files, and should be useful for Debian > > > derivatives as well. This package ships a single executable, "ben", > > > > > > with the following subcommands: > > > * download: download a set of package list files from a mirror > > > * monitor: monitor the status of a set of packages across several > > > > > > architectures (useful for transitions) > > > > > > * query: query packages using their metadata (similar to grep-dctrl, > > > > > > but uses a dedicated query language) > > > > > > * tracker: frontend to multiple monitors > > > > What does ben stand for? Is this just a short name for me? ;) > > It's part of the ongoing project to create ambiguity between the > developer and package namespaces. We already have packages for abby, > abe, aldo, alex, alice, axel, cecilia, chuck, clementine, clive, dino, > ed, elisa, elmer, elvis, emma, eric, florence, grace, gregorio, hal, > hannah, hercules, ivy, jack, jade, jed, joe, john, jupp, kasumi, kate, > kaya, kiki, kitty, magnus, maki, maria, maude, midge, mona, nana, > olive, paco, pasco, pia, pius, rio, ruby, simba, stella, tessa, tina, > vagrant, vera, yorick, yoshimi (and no doubt other personal names I > don't recognise, not to mention family names) though we are lacking > developers to match many of them. > > Ben (Hutchings).
Fair enough, but I'm also concerned that even more dangerous use-cases exist with so many generic package names... Consider a hypothetical scenario like that: a happy guy gets back at home, sits behind his box and tries to install a handful set of "useful" packages and the wife was carelessly listening to his shouting out various commands from the other room: apt-get install \ hello emma why cheese and wine burn and cook the dog animals instead half an hour later: apt-get install \ wipe the most sane dates contacts and tasks (yes, the packages will happily install, but the pets and business contacts would most likely suffer severe data loss - depending on the wife:) -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206300109.09782.danc...@spnet.net