Re: clarification of package naming guidelines

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On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Dave Love <d.love@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Who are most people?

Users of the software, for whom I'm packaging stuff.  I get the
impression some people don't think they're very relevant, and I
increasingly come across things which make life hard supporting them.

> Nobody is changing the name of the software.

As far as a user is concerned, you are.

> That is entirely under the control of upstream.

Who I think deserve respect for their chosen names as far as
possible/reasonable, even if they're not (former) colleagues.

> We're discussing how it is represented in
> the Fedora repository.
> That is the purview of the Fedora project, not upstream.

And clearly there isn't agreement in Fedora, even on what the guidelines
actually say, which was my point.

This conversation has become circular.  You asked for clarification.  I gave it.

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