Quoting Christoph Anton Mitterer (2022-11-17 16:25:12) > On Thu, 2022-11-17 at 06:51 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > This has already been discussed upstream > > Ah ok... > > > upstream nowadays mention > > in their documentation that several distros name it "git-delta". > > I had seen that, but it rather seems like a "some distros do that" - > not like a "we call ourselfs that".
That's my understanding as well - sorry if I was too terse previously (I was on my way out the dorr, but excited about your post so wanted to respond before I left). > > The executable will be named "delta" as that name is vacant (for now > > - > > let's see when package is actually ready for upload into Debian). > > My main point was anyway mostly that it seems to be a wonderful tool - > not only for git - and it could be that people just oversee that it > also works for diff/grep. I agree that "git-delta" might mislead some to expect it to be specific to git, but I disagree that introducing another prefix/suffix helps much. What helps the most, and also seems possibly, is to name it "delta" - just not right now - and with that long-term plan I think it is double confusing to introduce a _third_ name (since the name "git-delta" has already been introduced by some downstreams). Oke way you can help is to initiate the process of (attempting to) kick out (or alternatively rename) current package "delta" from Debian. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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