From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Raghav Gururajan" Subject: bug#35586: GNOME Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 19:30:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87zhnzfkz6.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40645) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNjKJ-0000mt-51 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 15:31:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNjKI-0007sC-1k for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 15:31:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43914) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNjKH-0007s7-UE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 15:31:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hNjKH-00081n-QF for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 15:31:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87zhnzfkz6.fsf@nckx> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: 35586@debbugs.gnu.org T-G-R!=0A=0AThanks for your email. I understand what you mentioned. I cam= e across this link (https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/09/21/gnome-3= -22-core-apps/), where the dev(s) recommend to use generic names while pa= ckaging GNOME Core Apps. :)=0A=0AI think it is better to use generic name= s for package names and include other aliases/project-names in the packag= e tagline and/or package description.=0A=0AMay 6, 2019 7:20 PM, "Tobias G= eerinckx-Rice" wrote:=0A=0A> Raghav,=0A> =0A> Thanks for t= aking a look at this. I'm sure there's plenty to be =0A> improved in how = we package a large collection of software like =0A> GNOME in an intuitive= way.=0A> =0A> Raghav Gururajan wrote:=0A> =0A>> The following gnome core= applications have already been included=0A>> in=0A>> guix's gnome packag= e but requires correct renaming?=0A>> =0A>> epiphany --> gnome-web=0A> = =0A> Using =E2=80=98correct=E2=80=99 here is a bit strong.=0A> =0A> ~ =CE= =BB guix install epiphany=0A> ~ =CE=BB gnome-web=0A> bash: gnome-web: com= mand not found=0A> ~ =CE=BB epiphany=0A> # browsin' time=0A> =0A> While w= e don't blindly name packages after the binaries they=0A> provide, of cou= rse, a look at the project's own publications=0A> doesn't reduce the conf= usion. Ironic.=0A> =0A> =E2=80=9CWeb is the web browser for the GNOME des= ktop and for elementary=0A> OS,=0A> based on the popular WebKit engine. I= t offers a simple, clean,=0A> beautiful view of the web featuring first-c= lass GNOME and=0A> Pantheon=0A> desktop integration. Its code name is Epi= phany.=0A> =0A> You may install Web from the software repositories of mos= t=0A> Linux=0A> operating systems, where it is normally packaged as=0A> "= epiphany-browser" or "epiphany". =E2=80=9D[0]=0A> =0A> The README[1] main= ly, but not exclusively, talks about =E2=80=98Epiphany=E2=80=99.=0A> Even= the two URLs balance each other out. I don't think there's=0A> enough he= re to justify gross renaming, and in the name of all=0A> that's holy let'= s avoid another mass renaming incident.=0A> =0A> Personally, I think addi= ng =E2=80=98GNOME Foo=E2=80=99 to the synopses of all=0A> these packages = is sufficient (epiphany does this by coincidence,=0A> calling itself the = =E2=80=98GNOME web browser=E2=80=99). Eventually, this could=0A> be anoth= er use for the separate (G)UI display name field as=0A> suggested in the = games thread. :-)=0A> =0A> Package names aren't opaque identifiers, but t= hey can be a little=0A> technical IMO.=0A> =0A> Kind regards,=0A> =0A> T = G-R=0A> =0A> [0]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web=0A> [1]: https://github= .com/GNOME/epiphany