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bug#35586: GNOME
From: |
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
Subject: |
bug#35586: GNOME |
Date: |
Mon, 06 May 2019 21:20:45 +0200 |
Raghav,
Thanks for taking a look at this. I'm sure there's plenty to be
improved in how we package a large collection of software like
GNOME in an intuitive way.
Raghav Gururajan wrote:
The following gnome core applications have already been included
in
guix's gnome package but requires correct renaming?
epiphany --> gnome-web
Using ‘correct’ here is a bit strong.
~ λ guix install epiphany
~ λ gnome-web
bash: gnome-web: command not found
~ λ epiphany
# browsin' time
While we don't blindly name packages after the binaries they
provide, of course, a look at the project's own publications
doesn't reduce the confusion. Ironic.
“Web is the web browser for the GNOME desktop and for elementary
OS,
based on the popular WebKit engine. It offers a simple, clean,
beautiful view of the web featuring first-class GNOME and
Pantheon
desktop integration. Its code name is Epiphany.
You may install Web from the software repositories of most
Linux
operating systems, where it is normally packaged as
"epiphany-browser" or "epiphany". ”[0]
The README[1] mainly, but not exclusively, talks about ‘Epiphany’.
Even the two URLs balance each other out. I don't think there's
enough here to justify gross renaming, and in the name of all
that's holy let's avoid another mass renaming incident.
Personally, I think adding ‘GNOME Foo’ to the synopses of all
these packages is sufficient (epiphany does this by coincidence,
calling itself the ‘GNOME web browser’). Eventually, this could
be another use for the separate (G)UI display name field as
suggested in the games thread. :-)
Package names aren't opaque identifiers, but they can be a little
technical IMO.
Kind regards,
T G-R
[0]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web
[1]: https://github.com/GNOME/epiphany
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