From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swedebugia Subject: Re: Libre games that might be worth packaging :) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:06:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4d892ffa-f2ae-422d-ea5d-0b3705ed15a7@riseup.net> <874l81z68w.fsf@elephly.net> <87sgvk1w5r.fsf@bababa.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87r2b4xp5t.fsf@elephly.net> <871s34ci5x.fsf@bababa.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----4WARYTWE3YI6Y0WTDC1MQPB4FP7AMC" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:52108) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h6CaH-0001lp-OY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:07:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h6CaD-0006IQ-1S for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:07:03 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:47968) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h6Ca0-0005zg-4l for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:06:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871s34ci5x.fsf@bababa.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> 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+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pierre Neidhardt , Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel ------4WARYTWE3YI6Y0WTDC1MQPB4FP7AMC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pierre Neidhardt skrev: (18 mars 2019 16:32:26 CET) >Ricardo Wurmus writes: > >> Pierre Neidhardt writes: >>> It's named "armagetronad"=2E Shouldn't we name this >>> "armagetron-advanced"? >> >> Instead of renaming the packages (whose names follow our packaging >> guidelines) how about adding the full name of the games to the >> description? > >That would not help interfaces like Emacs-Guix and >Helm-System-Packages=2E >I think names are more important than having obsolete packages :) > >--=20 >Pierre Neidhardt >https://ambrevar=2Exyz/ I agree=2E What about adding a pretty name to show the user that matches the marketin= g name of the software? Arch seems to have this and it is used in the gui tools like pamac but not= on the command line=2E=20 We could solve this by adding a new optional field to the package record (= pretty-name "Armagetron Advanced") For the packages that lack this field I would in the gui display them like= this: (name "aircrack-ng") -> Aircrack-ng --=20 Sent from my k-9 mail for Android=2E ------4WARYTWE3YI6Y0WTDC1MQPB4FP7AMC Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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It's named "armagetronad"=2E  Shouldn't we name this
"armaget=
ron-advanced"?

 Instead of renaming the packages (whose=
 names follow our packaging
 guidelines) how about adding the full name =
of the games to the
 description?

That would not hel=
p interfaces like Emacs-Guix and Helm-System-Packages=2E
I think names a=
re more important than having obsolete packages :)

I agree=2E

What about adding a pretty name to = show the user that matches the marketing name of the software?

Arch = seems to have this and it is used in the gui tools like pamac but not on th= e command line=2E
We could solve this by adding a new optional field to= the package record (pretty-name "Armagetron Advanced")

For the pack= ages that lack this field I would in the gui display them like this:
(na= me "aircrack-ng") -> Aircrack-ng

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