Re: [dev] dmenu's lsx binary naming conflicts with lrzsz!

From: Dieter Plaetinck <dieter_AT_plaetinck.be>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:37:46 +0100

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:52:17 -0500
Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Dieter Plaetinck
> <dieter_AT_plaetinck.be> wrote:
> > If you can avoid conflicts, that's better than expecting packagers
> > (of each distro) to fix it.
>
> I disagree. lsx-lrzsz is clearly less useful or important than
> lsx-dmenu. Just because some idiot camped out on a three-letter
> string doesn't mean his symlink is suddenly sacred and immutable.
> It's the whole job of a distribution maintainer to decide which side
> he's on.
>
> In short: screw 'em.
>

I was talking in general.
The case where an "idiot" "stole" a 3-letter string is a very specific case where it can be justified
to reuse the same name.
Received on Mon Nov 28 2011 - 14:37:46 CET