Possible to rename the binary?

[notfoss]

Hi, I maintain your package in the Arch Linux AUR as https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/. Recently, I came to know that there is a package named dex in the Arch Community repository as well: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/dex/

Some of the files of both the packages conflict resulting in making a person unable to have both packages installed simultaneously.

I have no option but to rename the binary at install time, so I thought it would be better if it is done upstream. What are your thoughts on the same?

[bugabinga]

I agree. It also conflicts with the Android dex thing. Maybe changing it to 'dextrous' would also make it more "web-searchable".

On 3 March 2015 07:55:14 CET, notfoss notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi, I maintain your package in the Arch Linux AUR as
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/. Recently, I came to
know that there is a package named dex in the Arch Community
repository as well:
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/dex/

Some of the files of both the packages conflict resulting in making a
person unable to have both packages installed simultaneously.

I have no option but to rename the binary at install time, so I thought
it would be better if it is done upstream. What are your thoughts on
the same?

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[craigbarnes]

Dex (the editor) is already in the Fedora and EPEL repositories under the name dex, so renaming would cause just as much downstream renaming as it would resolve.

[bugabinga]

Ah, I guess the cat is out of the bag then...

@craigbarnes Do you know how Fedora is managing the naming conflict?

[notfoss]

flasheater, I believe fedora doesn't have any other package with the same contents. None that I could find, at least.

[craigbarnes]

Yep, I don't think Fedora has a package for jceb/dex, so there's no conflict to resolve yet. If it were submitted for packaging, the packager would usually add their own prefix/suffix, with an brief explanation why, and the reviewer would either ok it or suggest something different.

FWIW, I think it makes sense to reserve 3-letter names for programs that are used very frequently (like text editors). jceb/dex seems like a script that would be used infrequently or probably not at all by most people.

[wsw70]

It also conflicts with Ubuntu. The existing dex package

Description: generate and execute Application type .desktop files
 DesktopEntry eXecution implements the Freedesktop.org autostart
 specification, independent of any desktop or window manager environment.
 Applications may be filtered based on the Desktop Environment advertised
 in the .desktop file.

AFAICT there is no dex editor available in the repository , though.

[craigbarnes]

I have a fork of dex at https://github.com/craigbarnes/dte. It fixes this issue by virtue of being renamed to dte, among various other fixes and changes.

[pepa65]

Would it be the right thing for us to make various packages? Might that ease adoption into repositories??