[mdlug] any GNU/Linux Contributors?

[Raymond S McLaughlin]

I don't think that a duplicate fork of a project just for the sake of a
better name would really contribute much to the free software environment.

Aaron asks a legitimate question. Not that I really care. Come to think
of it, the naming convention that Michael uses does have the affect that
alphabetized lists of of software packages *do not* sort by topic, or
purpose. This is a noticeable lack of convenience. Yes, most package
managers do provide a search feature. But they usually start with an
alphabetized list.



Dan Pritts wrote:
> Perhaps you should make use of the freedoms accorded to you
> by the GPL and release your own versions, named like you want
> them named.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:12:24PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Michael Corral wrote:
>>> 2010-04-08, Monsieur Delyan Raychev a ecrit:
>>>> If you have committed code/art/text to any GNU/Linux related project
>>>> within the last year - please send me a direct message or reply to this
>>>> e-mail.
>>> I've written a few free GPL'ed programs for Linux:
>>>
>>> Jfilerunner: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jfilerunner
>>>
>> Why not just call it filerunner?
>>
>> Why is it that most every java programmer thinks that his program
>> name needs to begin with the letter j?
>>
>>
>> I can understand a family of programs (such as the KDE
>> suite naming most programs to fit the pattern k*), but
>> for independent programs to all start with J...I just
>> don't get it.
>>
>>
>>> TkViewMan: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tkviewman
>>>
>> Same thing goes for tk-writers. WHY?
>>
>> Why not just call it ViewMan?
>>
>>
>>> TK10: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tk-10
>>>
>>> They haven't been updated in the last year, but that's because the
>>> code is so rock-solid! :) Actually, I should update them one of these
>>> days, plus release the Java-based IRC client I've been working on.
>>>
> danno
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