Re: [Evolution-hackers] Rename e-d-s



On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 20:59 -0700, Corey Burger wrote:
> On 5/12/05, Peter Colijn <pcolijn gmail com> wrote:
> > On 5/12/05, Not Zed <notzed ximian com> wrote:
> > >  Most people just install their distro or use their distro's tool to install
> > > software, it handles any dependencies for them, so the name of the package
> > > is irrelevent.
> > 
> > For most users, yes.
> > 
> > >  Who is "people"?
> > 
> > I think in most cases, probably developers.
> > 
> > >  Seems like a lot of effort to change eds for no real purpose.
> > 
> > Yes, and work with very little (or no) tangible benefit is almost
> > never worthwhile. I think in this case the idea is to garner more
> > developer interest in e-d-s (though the original poster would have to
> > confirm), which may prove beneficial.
> > 
> > My 2 cents, anyway.
> > 
> > Have fun,
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> 
> When I have noticed the question come up is when people want to remove
> evolution, and find e-d-s and don't understand the relationship
> between the two. Basically, it is not developers but power-users.
> 
and if they remove evolution, won't they be also confused by what's that
*-data-server package?

As Michael, I see no benefit at all in changing the name, if that's the
only reason.
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo novell com>




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