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has caused the Debian Bug report #749456,
regarding ITP: gpx -- Gcode to x3g conversion post-processor
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Chow Loong Jin <[email protected]>
* Package name : gpx
Version : x.y.z
Upstream Author : Dr. Henry Thomas
* URL : https://github.com/whpthomas/GPX
* License : GPL2+
Programming Lang: C
Description : Gcode to x3g conversion post-processor
GPX is a post processing utility for converting gcode output from 3D slicing
software like Cura, KISSlicer, S3DCreator and Slic3r to x3g files for
standalone 3D printing on Makerbot Cupcake, ThingOMatic, and Replicator 1/2/2x
printers - with support for both stock and sailfish firmwares.
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Loong Jin
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 05:23:30PM -0700, Dima Kogan wrote:
> Chow Loong Jin <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > In this case, we're talking about confusion between a package name +
> > /usr/bin
> > binary and a file format. There isn't, to my knowledge, any other
> > executable in
> > PATH by the name of gpx, nor is there a package named gpx, so this is still
> > rather in the gray area. I'm not even sure that there would be much
> > confusion
> > arising from this package being named as gpx -- Not many programs or
> > packages
> > are named exactly the same as the file formats they consume.
>
> Hi. Sorry for not replying sooner.
>
> Yes, this is a gray area. Any confusion would certainly be dispelled
> once a user reads the package description, but looking at a list of
> package names some (at least myself) would initially assume that this
> package manipulates GPS track data.
>
> Feel free to close this bug if you feel that renaming this would be more
> trouble than it's worth.
I'll do so then. Thanks.
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Loong Jin
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