[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#490265: Bug#490265: package name should be lynx (Re: Bug#490265)

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-06-01 at 16:56:55 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> > Please go ahead and rename the package "lynx-cur" to "lynx".
> > 
> > There is only one package in Debian providing a /usr/bin/lynx
> > executable; users should be able to find the description for that
> > package by asking for "apt-cache show lynx".  Users should *not* need
> > to know ancient history about the packaging of different upstream
> > branches of lynx just to find the package's name!
> 
> I concur! Given that there's a new maintainer team and we are at the
> beginning of the release, now might be a good time to tackle this. :)

This is on the plan. lynx-cur-wrapper is already gone, btw.

There are though still discussions if the source package should be
renamed, too, and if a lynx-data/lynx-common package is worth to be
split off.

		Regards, Axel
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