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 mNvCMqMCVl+CYwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:51:31 +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 8C6oLqMCVl/CEQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:51:31 +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 918549401AE for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 09:51:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:58496 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kFDoA-0006cG-Ie for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:51:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41140) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kFDo1-0006a4-2L for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:51:21 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:39550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kFDo0-0006bD-Js; Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:51:20 -0400 Received: from [2001:660:6102:320:e120:2c8f:8909:cdfe] (port=54822 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kFDo0-0000Tu-25; Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:51:20 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: Packaging pd References: <20200903110907.GA6487@jurong> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 22 Fructidor an 228 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 11:51:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200903110907.GA6487@jurong> (Andreas Enge's message of "Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:09:07 +0200") Message-ID: <87pn6xoqy5.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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: -1.01 X-TUID: TiQE250KNCB1 Hi, Andreas Enge skribis: > 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"? I=E2=80=99d say =E2=80=9Cprimal-dual=E2=80=9D and mention =E2=80=9Cpd=E2=80= =9D in the description. > 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. Your call! If you think Guix-Past is a better fit, go for it! > By the way, how are naming conflicts between channels resolved? The same as when you type, say, =E2=80=9Cguix build guile@2=E2=80=9D: a war= ning is printed. Ludo=E2=80=99.