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[Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 May 2010 12:43, Mehdi Dogguy <mehdi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/24/2010 01:27 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
>>>>
>>>> * Package name    : usb-creator
>>>
>>> "usb-creator" is a bit misleading (or at least… not clear). Could
>>> you rename it into something like "live-usb-creator"?
>>>
>>
>> This package has been shipped in Ubuntu for a few releases now.
>
> Honestly, I don't know how you (as a team) ended up with such a name.
>

it was before me. But there is liveusb-creator package already
developed and packaged in Fedora [1]

[1] https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

>> I don't believe the name is misleading when read together with short
>> description or with long description.
>
> Having a clear short description is not a valid reason to keep that
> name, IMO. And such a name may not be appropriate because it's too
> general. "live-usb-creator" tells you what the program does, without
> reading its short description.
>
>> Plus it would be inconvenience to rename the package again, cause we
>> have just transitioned from usb-creator -> usb-creator-$(frontend)
>> in Ubuntu.
>>
>
> We are talking about a NEW package in *Debian*, right? Besides, it
> shouldn't be that hard to rename a package.
>

Yes, new package in Debian. But ubuntu & debian share package
namespace so this upload into debian will affect ubuntu.

I think changing package name to live-usb-creator will create
confusion with liveusb-creator by Fedora and that might be package for
debian as well.


> Regards,
>
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