From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id eOXlB3nQUF+eHQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:16:09 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id gCSZA3nQUF/aMwAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:16:09 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CF9E940215 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2020 11:16:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:60436 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kDnDr-0003Tx-C8 for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:16:07 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34206) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kDn7P-0000mx-DF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:09:27 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a0c:e300::1]:54228) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kDn7N-0005ua-6t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:09:26 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 645EC2105; Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:09:20 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15dXeeW0FDmc; Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:09:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jurong (unknown [IPv6:2001:910:103f::d9d]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 79C54201B; Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:09:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:09:07 +0200 From: Andreas Enge To: guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Packaging pd Message-ID: <20200903110907.GA6487@jurong> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: neutral client-ip=2a0c:e300::1; envelope-from=andreas@enge.fr; helo=hera.aquilenet.fr X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -10 X-Spam_score: -1.1 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NEUTRAL=0.779 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.51 X-TUID: cBUDxgHO81Av Hello, I knew that three letter software names are bad, but there is worse - two letter software names! I would like to package pd - Primal-Dual Methods for Vertex and Facet Enumeration http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/software/pd/ Now there already is a "pd" in Guix; are there any precedents on how to name a second pd? "pd-polytope"? "primal-dual"? "pd-primal-dual"? Then is there a point in packaging it at all? This is more or less a one-shot research software, I think, with no versioning. So maybe not relevant enough? (Let us have this Wikipedia discussion!) In that case, I would like to add it to the guix-past channel, since I need it for the 10 years reproducibility challenge, so the naming question still stands. By the way, how are naming conflicts between channels resolved? Thanks for your thoughts, Andreas