Mailinglist Archive: yast-devel (74 mails)

[Thomas Goettlicher <thomas.goettlicher@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday, September 02, 2011 12:55:22 pm Lukas Ocilka wrote:
> Dne 2.9.2011 11:12, Thomas Goettlicher napsal(a):
> > > YaST++/-- is just codename for project. Packages ( now located at
> > > https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=YaST%3AHead%3Ayastpp (
> > > not all packages packaked yet, WIP ) has own names, which is not
> > > problem for RPM. Josef
> >
> > The project's name is 'YaST++', in git it's called 'yast--' and the
> > buildservice projects is 'yastpp'. That's somehow inconsistent and might
> > confuse newbies. I'd prefer a unique name.
>
> YaST++ is the same comparing to YaST2 as C++ to C :) At least that's how
> I understand the codename.
Yes, YaST++ is YaST2 incremented by one. Please don't call it YaST3!
 
> yastpp just translates the ++ to pp, IMO ++ in RPM is OK as several C++
> packages with ++ in their RPM name are already in our distro.
As long as + or - don't cause conflicts I'm fine with it. But you never know. 

> I'm also for unification, but I believe ++ is not an issue.
The earlier, the better. The question is if the new name should/must contain 
the word 'yast". On the one hand it would be a good point in time for a new 
name in order to abandon all these silly myths like "yast is slow and 
overwrites files" cited by people who haven't used YaST for years. One the 
other hand the brand "YaST" has a great reputation in the community and among 
system administrators. According to them is YaST _the_ configuration tool that 
makes the difference. That's the reason why I think we should stick with the 
name "YaST".

Cheers,
Thomas
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