Hi, Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> skribis:
> I knew that three letter software names are bad, but there is worse - > two letter software names! I would like to package > pd - Primal-Dual Methods for Vertex and Facet Enumeration > http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/software/pd/ > > Now there already is a "pd" in Guix; are there any precedents on how to > name a second pd? "pd-polytope"? "primal-dual"? "pd-primal-dual"? I’d say “primal-dual” and mention “pd” in the description. > Then is there a point in packaging it at all? This is more or less a > one-shot research software, I think, with no versioning. So maybe not > relevant enough? (Let us have this Wikipedia discussion!) In that case, > I would like to add it to the guix-past channel, since I need it for > the 10 years reproducibility challenge, so the naming question still > stands. Your call! If you think Guix-Past is a better fit, go for it! > By the way, how are naming conflicts between channels resolved? The same as when you type, say, “guix build guile@2”: a warning is printed. Ludo’.
