gnome bez panelu - czy to ma sens?

[Paweł Sakowski]

> "Pomocy, zainstalowałem kde-common i nie działa mi KDE!!!" ;)
> 
> Gdyby to było -devel-common albo -common-devel, takie pomyłki byłyby
> dużo mniej prawdopodobne.

Niestety nie wszyscy przyjmują tę argumentację:

> --- shadow/129150       Thu Dec 11 17:16:54 2003
> +++ shadow/129150.tmp.30952     Thu Dec 11 17:24:35 2003
> @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
>  Bug#: 129150
>  Product: gnome-common
>  Version: HEAD
>  OS: Linux
>  OS Details: PLD Linux Distribution 2.0
> -Status: NEW   
> -Resolution: 
> +Status: RESOLVED   
> +Resolution: WONTFIX
>  Severity: trivial
>  Priority: Normal
>  Component: general
>  AssignedTo: malcolm at commsecure.com.au                            
>  ReportedBy: pawel at sakowski.eu.org               
>  TargetMilestone: ---
> @@ -17,6 +17,17 @@
>  The name gnome-common implies that this package contains some
> routines
>  shared by various parts of the GNOME desktop, making end users want
> to
>  install it. In fact, it's of no practical use for them.
>  
>  I'd suggest to rename the package to something that corresponds more
> to its
>  function, like gnome-build-tools or similar.
> +
> +------- Additional Comments From malcolm at commsecure.com.au 
> 2003-12-11 17:24 -------
> +Sorry, but it is not practical to rename a package like this. It has
> +been called gnome-common for about four years and every piece of
> +documentation and every other package that refers to it in an error
> +message would need to be changed.
> +
> +If people are installing packages just because they like the name, we
> +cannot really help them. The gnome-common package is not listed in
> any
> +package list for GNOME releases, so we should be fairly safe (it also
> +causes no harm if somebody does accidently install it).

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| Paweł Sakowski <pawel at sakowski.eu.org>            Never trust a man  |
|                            who can count up to 1023 on his fingers.  |
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