From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Nic Ferrier <nferrier@ferrier.me.uk>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Rename `eww' to `web'
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:03:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zju7aver.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86wqpdq768.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> (Nic Ferrier's message of "Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:15:59 +0100")
Nic Ferrier <nferrier@ferrier.me.uk> writes:
> Wait a second.
>
> I already have an HTTP client called web.
>
> So it would be a little unfair to just pinch the name?
It would be perfectly "fair." If you use a highly generic name for a
package, you shouldn't be surprised when somebody else uses the same
name, and there's little justification for feeling wronged by it.
For that reason, it's obviously a bad idea to choose highly generic
names for packages...
[See the whole stupid mess with "*Step" and their apps called
"Terminal", etc... >< Sure that made sense in a highly controlled
closed ecosystem; it makes zero sense in a shared open ecosystem.]
*However*, such names are desirable for the user when they want to just
start the app.
So the most practical thing to do seems to be use non-generic names for
packages and specific apps ("eww"), and generic names for shared thin
invocation layers [e.g. the simple (defalias 'web 'eww) dicussed
before].
-miles
--
Would you like fries with that?
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Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <<E1Usw6G-0001Et-0A@fencepost.gnu.org>
2013-06-29 15:05 ` Rename `eww' to `web' Drew Adams
2013-06-29 15:15 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-06-29 20:30 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-29 20:45 ` Nic Ferrier
2013-06-29 21:33 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-06-29 21:42 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-06-29 21:48 ` Bastien
2013-06-29 23:01 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-30 6:36 ` Bastien
2013-06-30 10:30 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-06-30 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-30 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-30 3:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-06-30 13:40 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-30 15:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-06-30 17:53 ` chad
2013-06-30 18:21 ` Jambunathan K
2013-06-30 19:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-06-30 5:54 ` Jambunathan K
2013-06-29 23:30 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-30 7:56 ` Jan Djärv
2013-06-30 9:18 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-30 10:04 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-01 2:03 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2013-06-29 20:30 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-29 20:52 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-06-30 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <<E1Ut1mo-0004ns-A6@fencepost.gnu.org>
2013-06-29 20:40 ` Drew Adams
2013-06-30 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <<E1Ut7hQ-0000Eq-Tt@fencepost.gnu.org>
2013-06-30 3:23 ` Drew Adams
2013-06-30 13:40 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-29 14:26 Richard Stallman
2013-06-29 15:33 ` Daimrod
2013-06-29 20:30 ` Richard Stallman
2013-06-30 1:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-06-30 2:35 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-29 23:20 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-30 5:49 ` Jambunathan K
2013-06-30 13:40 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-01 12:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-03 8:29 ` Miles Bader
2013-07-03 16:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-03 16:22 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-03 19:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-03 22:50 ` Tim Cross
2013-07-04 0:24 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-04 1:43 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-04 1:58 ` chad
2013-07-04 5:11 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-07-04 15:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-04 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-04 3:16 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-04 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-05 2:19 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-04 18:49 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-04 19:15 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-04 21:08 ` Mathias Dahl
2013-07-04 21:58 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-05 2:50 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-04 22:41 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-07-04 23:45 ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-05 23:41 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-07-05 23:59 ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-06 3:26 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-07-04 23:40 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-05 1:14 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-05 10:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-05 11:50 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-05 12:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-05 22:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-05 23:37 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-06 0:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-05 23:29 ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-05 23:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-05 23:55 ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-06 0:11 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-06 0:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-06 22:00 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-05 0:04 ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-05 5:37 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-05 17:19 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-07 0:24 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-07 0:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-04 22:53 ` Josh
2013-07-05 17:20 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-04 0:06 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-04 1:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-04 7:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-07-04 2:09 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2013-07-04 2:17 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-04 3:44 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2013-07-04 4:10 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-04 4:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-07-05 3:23 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-04 9:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-04 15:04 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-05 11:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-05 18:03 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-06 0:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-06 4:28 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-06 5:28 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-06 9:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-04 14:28 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2013-07-04 15:08 ` Stephen Berman
2013-07-04 22:35 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-07-06 20:02 ` Stephen Berman
2013-07-05 3:04 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-04 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2013-07-04 15:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-07-06 15:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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