On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:43:51 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > "Sam Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> It is unfortunate because of the user confusion that it will >> cause. IMO, the firefox package should not be renamed to iceweasel. > > If it's not renamed, we can't legally ship it. What, IYO, should be > done to ship the existing program currently known as Firefox?
You misunderstand me. I merely think that it is clear that the 'iceweasel' name has been claimed by the Gnuzilla project, and that using the same for our own fork/branch/whatever will cause even more user confusion. The 'firefox' package should be renamed to something else. >> The package 'iceweasel' should be a package of the Gnuzilla project >> of the same name. > > I think there will be a serious attempt at collaborating with the > Gnuzilla folks to try to resolve this confusion. Meanwhile, we're > trying to get the existing Firefox into Debian as free software. Surely such an attempt can only end in one of two outcomes: they rename, or we rename. Since they used the name first, I think it is only polite that we choose to rename; therefore why not pick a new name at the start without having to drag Firefox users through *another* pointless name transition? phoenix -> firebird -> firefox -> iceweasel -> ??? :) -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
