On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 09:04:09PM +0200, Muri Nicanor wrote: > > * Package name : ipcalcng > * Url : https://github.com/nmav/ipcalc > * Licenses : BSD-3-Clause,GPL-2 > Programming Lang : C > Section : net <snip/> > I'm an intense user of ipcalc, which is a really useful tool, but ipcalc > does not do IPv6 addresses. I've stumbled over the ipcalc by Nikos > Mavrogiannopoulos when looking for a version that is IPv6 capable. I'm > aware of the naming collision, thats why i propose to call the package > (and the binary) ipcalng. I'm not sure yet if that name is the right > solution, in particular because in fedora the perl ipcalc version was > renamed to ipcalculator and this one is now called ipcalc [0]. This > could lead to a lot of confusion and i would have to maintain that > change forever. If there are better solutions please let me know. Would the Debian maintainer of ipcalc be willing to make the same change in naming? ( cc-ed )
Groeten Geert Stappers [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ipcalculator -- Leven en laten leven
