* Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> [180724 09:49]: > On Di, Jul 24, 2018 at 01:19:35 +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> writes: > > > He certainly should NOT rename any parts of the package without > > > upstream consent. > > Why not? I can see an argument about not confusing users (though > > transitional packages / a weboob-offensive could be made for the old > > names / etc), but I don't think that's where you're going here. > > Well, upstream has chosen these names. Besides from the fact that the > project and its applications are known by these names (how would you tag the > package, so that someone who knows the project would find the right package > with apt or apt-file?) it has something to do with politeness (in my > opinion). If you wish to package the work of others you should use the right > names (we don’t have any name clash).
While I agree that renaming the files in an arbitrary Debian package should not be done without good reason, I do not agree that it should not be done. I believe the names in this package provide more than sufficient justification to carry a local Debian fork (as was done for Firefox/Iceweasel for many years for a different reason). However, the maintainer of weboob has clearly expressed that he is not willing and/or does not have the resources to maintain a local Debian fork, so I did not suggest this. ...Marvin