libdiagnostics name clash
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@gnu.org
Thu Nov 21 06:08:13 GMT 2024
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:11:16 -0500
> From: David Malcolm via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
>
> I merged libdiagnostics to GCC trunk on Monday:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/libdiagnostics
>
> Unfortunately I've since discovered there's at least one libdiagnostics
> .so already in Debian:
> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/diagnostics
> https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=libdiag&mode=filename&suite=unstable&arch=any
>
> so I've been asked to change the name.
>
> I'd prefer to avoid having "gcc" in the name.
Why do prefer not to mention "gcc" in the name?
> Some name ideas:
>
> * libdiag
> * libgdiagnostics (where we can be ambiguous about what the "g" stands
> for)
> * libgdiag (less typing)
> * libcomplain
> * libcomplaint
> * libwhining
> * libwhine (but sounds like the Windows compat software)
>
> Any ideas?
FWIW, libgdiag sounds best (but libgccdiag or libdiag-gcc would be
even better).
HTH
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