Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin" <manutm007@gmail.com>


* Package name : news
Version : 0.5.3
Upstream Author : Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>
* URL : http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/news
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C
Description : News is a GTK-based RSS Ticker that displays feeds as a
smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed
links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.



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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:59:49PM +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote:
> * Package name : news
> Version : 0.5.3
> Upstream Author : Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>
> * URL : http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/news
> * License : GPL
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : News is a GTK-based RSS Ticker that displays feeds as a
> smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed
> links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.

This is an awfully generic name for a Debian package. How about calling
it 'newsrssticker' or 'news-rss-ticker' instead?

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Hi,

On 20.08.2011 11:25, Colin Watson wrote:
> This is an awfully generic name for a Debian package. How about calling
> it 'newsrssticker' or 'news-rss-ticker' instead?

for reference, the package is already going through the mentors process,
where Emmanuel was pointed to the problem with the generic name [1][2].

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/08/msg00450.html
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/08/msg00458.html


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On 08/20/2011 11:25 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:59:49PM +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote:
>> * Package name : news
>> Version : 0.5.3
>> Upstream Author : Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>
>> * URL : http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/news
>> * License : GPL
>> Programming Lang: C
>> Description : News is a GTK-based RSS Ticker that displays feeds as a
>> smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed
>> links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.
>
> This is an awfully generic name for a Debian package. How about calling
> it 'newsrssticker' or 'news-rss-ticker' instead?
>

Thanks for everybody feedback. I was wondering whether 'i-news' could be
suitable? Otherwise, I will go for 'news-rss-ticker' for package name
although I'd like to find a shorter name for binary/command (and am
running out of ideas...)

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On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:32:55 +0200
Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/20/2011 11:25 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:59:49PM +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote:
> >> * Package name : news
> >> Version : 0.5.3
> >> Upstream Author : Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>
> >> * URL : http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/news
> >> * License : GPL
> >> Programming Lang: C
> >> Description : News is a GTK-based RSS Ticker that displays feeds as a
> >> smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed
> >> links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.
> >
> > This is an awfully generic name for a Debian package. How about calling
> > it 'newsrssticker' or 'news-rss-ticker' instead?
> >
>
> Thanks for everybody feedback. I was wondering whether 'i-news' could be
> suitable? Otherwise, I will go for 'news-rss-ticker' for package name
> although I'd like to find a shorter name for binary/command (and am
> running out of ideas...)

It's GTK, so presumably it's going to have a .desktop file and won't be
launched from the command line, typically. The length of the name of
the executable does not, therefore, need to be short. Use the source
package name as the binary package name and the command.

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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com> wrote:

On 08/20/2011 11:25 AM, Colin Watson wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:59:49PM +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote:

>> * Package name * *: news

>> * Version * * * * : 0.5.3

>> * Upstream Author : Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>

>> * URL * * * * * * : http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/news

>> * License * * * * : GPL

>> * Programming Lang: C

>> * Description * * : News is a GTK-based RSS Ticker that displays feeds as a

>> smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed

>> links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.

>

> This is an awfully generic name for a Debian package. *How about calling

> it 'newsrssticker' or 'news-rss-ticker' instead?

>



Thanks for everybody feedback. I was wondering whether 'i-news' could be

suitable? Otherwise, I will go for 'news-rss-ticker' for package name

although I'd like to find a shorter name for binary/command (and am

running out of ideas...)

There's a comercial software called inews (http://www.avid.com/US/products/inews) don't know if i-news is a good name *

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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:47:43AM -0300, Walter Cruz wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com
> > Thanks for everybody feedback. I was wondering whether 'i-news' could be
> > suitable? Otherwise, I will go for 'news-rss-ticker' for package name
> > although I'd like to find a shorter name for binary/command (and am
> > running out of ideas...)
>
> There's a comercial software called inews (
> http://www.avid.com/US/products/inews) don't know if i-news is a good name
>

You don't need to go as far as commercial software for that; inews is
the traditional name for the program NNTP clients use to inject articles
into the netnews (Usenet) system. Nowadays it's a virtual package
provided by inn2-inews, but i-news is still uncomfortably close to that.

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