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Naming confusion with GNU AutoGen #82

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alimuldal opened this issue Dec 20, 2021 · 2 comments
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Naming confusion with GNU AutoGen #82

alimuldal opened this issue Dec 20, 2021 · 2 comments

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@alimuldal
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Hello, firstly, thanks for providing this tool - it's a great little time saver! I have a slightly annoying request, though: would you consider changing the name to something that doesn't clash with GNU AutoGen?

One problem with the current name is that it's very tempting to sudo apt-get install autogen which installs the 22-year-old GNU AutoGen tool rather than your package. I've made this mistake myself and wasted some time puzzling over why none of the example autogen invocations from your docs worked. I know at least a couple of colleagues who've made the exact same mistake, so it can't just be me!

If you're not willing to change the name, can I suggest adding a note to the README warning users about this?

@mbrukman
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Hi @alimuldal — thanks for the note! Sorry for the confusion. I will look into renaming it, but will need to carefully add backwards-compatibility to make sure existing users aren't broken by it. I know some folks have hard-coded the GitHub repo path and script names, but thankfully, GitHub forwards renamed repos, so this should be feasible to do.

In the short-term, I will add a note to the README as you suggested.

@alimuldal
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Hi, thanks for the quick response - sounds like a solid plan

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