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Re: packages with nasty names

Dale Scheetz wrote:
> If this is a relatively unknown product (maybe because of the name) making
> it's entry into the *nix world through the Debian distribution, then it
> would probably be better if we were anal retentive enough to ask for a
> name change.

It's available in source form, and as a SunOS 4.1.x binary, but:

	This is a Linux thing only, so if you run anything else, don't
	ask about for help.

...and:

	If you run Debian there will be a debian packaged version coming
	shortly.

The web page does not mention any non-debian linux, so the program
doesn't appear to have gotten around all that much.

Even if the program had gotten around a lot, it's not like we're taking
a commercial program, changing the name, and trying to sell it.

Perhaps unusually, I think it's more important to avoid particularly
hateful epithets, than it is to avoid something like Dan Farmer's "fuck"
program.