Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> writes: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 09:25:11PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: >> Marc Haber <mh+debian-de...@zugschlus.de> writes: >> > Staying compatible with the rest of the world is not covered by our >> > core principles? >> >> Obviously we renamed packages (which made us incompatible with the rest >> of the world) already if needed. Rememver iceweasel or icedove? >> >> Possible renames is already built in our interpretation of DFSG ยง3, >> that we allow renaming when original names are forbidden by license). > > Package names exist in Debian only. Every distribution has its own > namespace, and relations matter only within that distribution. > > On the other hand, executable names do matter for compatibility with > scripts. Especially for a CLI tool like weboob.
That is not just about package names -- even the programs were called like that (with the original names linked to it, however). When I started Icedove, the program title (and everything else) still showed the Debian name. This is also "end user compatibility". I don't see why renaming would break our core principles. When it comes to "Our priorities are our users [...]", we have to weight between offending users and staying compatible, so the outcome is depending on the weight for each topic (and any well-founded solution would not break this principle). Cheers Ole
