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epiphany package

epiphany-browser should be epiphany

Bug #469201 reported by roger
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epiphany (Debian)
New
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epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
Opinion
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: epiphany-browser

The ubuntu package for the browser epiphany is named "epiphany-browser", which is cool, but why the hack is the package named "epiphany" a game? I think the browser is more important, so why not rename the game to "epiphany-game" and make the name "epiphany" a synonym for "epiphany-browser"?

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393521

Since there is an open upstream bug, I left this issue open. I doubt this will ever happen though.

Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
summary: - wrong package name
+ epiphany-browser should be epiphany
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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Also note:

With package names, it's a matter of first come, first serve. Epiphany the game was added in 2002, while Epiphany the browser was added in 2003.

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/e/epiphany/epiphany_0.7.0-4/changelog#versionversion0.2.1-1

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/e/epiphany-browser/epiphany-browser_2.28.1-1/changelog#versionversion0.5.0_0.4.99.20030214-1

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Changed in epiphany (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

there is no way to rename that without having users who use the game get the webbrowser on upgrade instead of what they use

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roger (roger-ws) wrote :

okay so this is a tricky or even impossible issue.. too bad only that both need to have the same names, I mean there's a lot of possible combinations for names of new pieces of software. maybe the game developers should think about renaming the game, because the browser actually seems to be the bigger project to me.

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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

13+ years have passed without any comment or change so maybe 'Opinion' is now appropriate.

Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Opinion
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