[geeklog-devel] Regarding the name change of Geeklog.

[Trinity]

i would have just used altitude that way there isnt any posable conection


On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> wrote:

> The compromise made is AptitudeCMS.
>
> --Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com>
> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 9:21:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Regarding the name change of Geeklog.
>
> Just an FYI I'm talking to Daniel off-list but will get any updates to you
> guys.
>
> --Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Daniel Burrows <dburrows at debian.org>
> To: geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:26:45 PM
> Subject: [geeklog-devel] Regarding the name change of Geeklog.
>
>  Hello list,
>
>  I am the author and maintainer of the aptitude frontend to the apt
> package management system.  apt is a common backend used to install
> software on Debian GNU/Linux systems and systems derived from Debian
> (such as Ubuntu and Xandros).  aptitude is a frontend to apt that
> provides terminal and command-line interfaces to apt, with a GTK+
> graphical interface in development.  The Web page of aptitude is
>
>    http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude<http://algebraicthunk.net/%7Edburrows/projects/aptitude>
>
>  While as a free software author I have no way of quantifying how many
> users I have, aptitude is a part of the default Debian installation and
> appears to be the preferred package manager of many users of Debian and
> related systems.
>
>
>  As you might have guessed by now, I'm writing to you because I
> just learned that you've decided to rename your software to
> "aptitude"; see, for instance, this mailing list post:
>
>    http://eight.pairlist.net/pipermail/geeklog-devel/2008-June/003639.html
>
>  I'm writing to make you aware of the fact that this name is already
> in use (for eight years now) by a piece of software that is moderately
> popular, and is probably even used by some of the same people who use
> Geeklog.  This name change will lead to confusion and namespace
> difficulties for our users; please don't inflict that on them.  I'm
> sure that there are plenty of perfectly fine names for your software
> that don't step on the names of established free software programs.
>
>    Thanks,
>  Daniel
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