On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 11:58:46AM -0700, Evan Prodromou wrote: > Current usage for GNUstep applications in Debian seems to be to use a > lowercased version of the name and to remove the ".app" if any. For > example, > > GWorkspace.app -> gworkspace > Preferences.app -> preferences > Affiche.app -> affiche > GNUmail.app -> gnumail > GSDict.app -> gsdict
Hm. This seems a shame. > I'm not crazy about calling the package "terminal", which is sort of > generic, but then again "preferences" is pretty generic, too. I objected to "preferences" too at the time, so at least I'm consistent. :) The maintainer agreed with me and said he'd change it, but hasn't yet done so. > There are no current packages or virtual packages named "terminal," so > there's not a namespace clash. Perhaps I should have said "potential future namespace clash". Certainly it seems to encourage people to install the "terminal" package in the belief that it's generic, unless they read the package description carefully. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
