(Aug 05 2005 11:39) Mikael Bak wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 10:31, Christian Haugan Toldnes wrote:
> > Much the same way we don't call postfix 'smtp' and apache 'http'.
> > Software has names, and we use those names for our rpm packages. 
> 
> Maybe rename 'apache' to 'httpd' then. Because that's the name of the
> software. Apache is the name of the group developing httpd (and quite a
> few other software too). 

The Apache fundation naming it's web server software 'httpd' is imho a bit
like Microsoft naming their word processor 'Word'. I like the freedom of
FOSS and that includes the option to choose. There is more than 1 httpd
in this world, and I think it's ok not to call the biggest one 'httpd'. :)

But I agree, apache was a bad example.

Packages should be named in a way that uniqly identifies them. The
correct nameing for apache httpd is perhaps apache-httpd? :) But since
we don't ship any other software from apache, that's really not needed
right now.


c



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