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

[Michael Tutty]

I actually suggested that, too.  Tony's right - all's well that ends well.
    M.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Trinity <trinity93 at gmail.com> wrote:

> i would have just used altitude that way there isnt any posable conection
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> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> wrote:
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>> The compromise made is AptitudeCMS.
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>> --Tony
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>> ----- 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
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>>    http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude<http://algebraicthunk.net/%7Edburrows/projects/aptitude>
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>>  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.
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>>  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:
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>> http://eight.pairlist.net/pipermail/geeklog-devel/2008-June/003639.html
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>>  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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