Bugzilla Automation <[email protected]> has asked freebsd-chromium (Nobody) <[email protected]> for maintainer-feedback: Bug 291315: www/chromium: [Feature Request] Provide chromium alias for Chromium port and clarify executable naming https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291315
--- Description --- Hello FreeBSD Ports maintainers, I would like to propose a feature request regarding the Chromium port: Currently, the Chromium port installs the browser executable as /usr/local/bin/chrome. This naming choice is confusing for several reasons: 1. Users install Chromium via "pkg install chromium", not "pkg install chrome", so they are already aware that they are installing Chromium, not Google Chrome. 2. There is no post-install notification or documentation telling users that the executable is called "chrome", which is counter-intuitive. 3. On almost all other operating systems, the Chromium executable is named "chromium", not "chrome". To resolve this issue in the simplest way while minimizing confusion for both new and existing users, I suggest the following: 1. Create a post-install note/document explaining that the Chromium executable is called "chrome" and "chromium"(see 2.). 2. Create a symbolic link from chrome to chromium. This approach preserves backward compatibility while making the executable naming consistent with user expectations. Optionally, in the long term, we may consider deprecating the "chrome" name entirely. We should return to the things themselves; FreeBSD indeed cannot provide Chrome. This change would improve usability, reduce confusion, and align the FreeBSD Chromium port with common practices on other platforms. Moreover, on almost all other systems, Chromium is never called Chrome; it can be *chromium*. Thank you for considering this enhancement. Best regards, ykla
