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Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth.
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth. |
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Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:59:17 +0100 |
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Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> writes:
>> The package name is just an identifier for command line interaction
>> purposes.
>
> I don't see it this way. The package name is a global variable in the
> Guix project, and it bears a global semantic value. It's used as a
> public identifier that has to meaningfully convey the content of the package
> to the developers but also to the users.
Package names and variable names are two different things.
I disagree with the last sentence, obviously.
>> There is no reason why it should be descriptive – after all,
>> that’s what the package description is used for. Users can easily find
>> the package they are interested in by using the search feature.
>
> Sadly the search feature is even less accessible than bash completion.
> It's slower and more demanding to use.
Let’s fix that then and make it faster. (I think it’s pretty good
already and it’s how I find packages, not by trying out names.)
In the future, let’s please refrain from renames before a consensus has
been reached. It would also be good to show the concrete changes on the
list before pushing them.
Thanks!
--
Ricardo
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Ludovic Courtès, 2019/03/27
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2019/03/27
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Pierre Neidhardt, 2019/03/27
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Daniel Jiang, 2019/03/27
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2019/03/27
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Pierre Neidhardt, 2019/03/28
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2019/03/29
- Re: 05/15: gnu: wesnoth: Rename package to the-battle-for-wesnoth., Andreas Enge, 2019/03/29
- Naming, hacking, and policies, Ludovic Courtès, 2019/03/29