Hi, Sudip,

Thanks for the response.

> > On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:55:40 -0600 Charles Cazabon wrote:
> > >
> > > I would appreciate it if this package/project was renamed to something
> > > that does not contain the word "getmail" or anything confusingly
> > > similar.
> 
> "getmail" and "getmail6" are separate source packages and they were
> kept separate with the hope that you will release the python3 version
> one day and then getmail can be reintroduced.

That's fine as far as it goes, but you have not addressed my concern and the
reason I filed this report.

I did not consent to the fork using my project name.  I am explicitly asking
it to be changed to something that does not infringe on my trademark
"getmail".

I would think that the Debian project is about acting ethically, and when the
owner of the upstream project explicitly asks a forked, buggy version to use a
different name, the ethical thing to do is to respect that request and pick a
new name.

> I am not sure how this is going to help. Any change I do now will be
> affecting the next Debian release in 2023.

Packages change in Debian all the time.  This can be changed.

> I will remove the transitional package before Debian Bookworm is
> released so that getmail and getmail6 will not be linked anymore.

You still have not committed to removing the name "getmail" from this project.
Can you please commit to doing this promptly, and let me know when it will be
done?

Charles
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