gwc - package review

[Jaromír Mikeš]

2017-07-19 22:17 GMT+02:00 IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <
umlaeute at debian.org>:

> On 07/19/2017 02:37 PM, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
> > 2017-07-19 13:11 GMT+02:00 IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <
> > umlaeute at debian.org>:
> >
> >> On 2017-07-19 10:36, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
> >>> 1) package is renamed from gwc (gnome-wave-cleaner) to gtk-wave-cleaner
> >>> what leads to some issues
> >>
> >> just out of curiosity, why must the package be renamed?
> >> upstream's project name is still "gwc" [1], which happens to be an
> >> acronym of gtk-wave-cleaner as well.
> >> afaiu, the source code repository [2] uses 'gwc' as well.
> >>
> >> so i don't really see the point of introducing a package rename.
> >> instead i would just change the package description
> >
> >
> > Also binary is renamed
>
> hmm, before the "gwc" package had a "gnome-wave-cleaner" binary (so the
> package name differs from the binary name, but is an abbreviation), and
> now it would have a "gtk-wave-cleaner"  (so the package name still
> differs from the binary name, and is still an abbreviation).
> i honestly fail to see how this would warrant a package rename.
>
> > and install path with "package_name" .... somehow
> > renaming package is solving many minor issues.
>
> at the expanse of creating a transition and confusing users :-(
>

Hmmm ... Ok I am going to revert renaming ...

mira
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