[arch-dev-public] "date" C++ library packaging
I made the silly mistake of posting first to [arch-general]. Sorry! On 2020-02-13 09:24, Morten Linderud wrote:
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:09:27AM -0800, Brett Cornwall via arch-general wrote:
Waybar [1] just had an update where it pulled in a project called "date" [2]. I'm hesitant to package this under the name "date" since GNU coreutils shares a binary with that name. But this isn't a totally obscure library.
Should I persuade upstream to change the name? Should I package it under another name? Or should I lay claim to the unused "date" package name and go on with my life?
"chrono-date" could maybe work as an alternative name?
I'm unsure why this is in [arch-general] and not [arch-dev-public] :)
On 2020-02-13 02:24, David C. Rankin wrote:
And with the note that much of Howard Hinnant's date/time library is being incorporated into the next C++ standard. Quite a feather in anyone's cap.
Does anyone have any strong opinions?
On 2/24/20 10:36 AM, Brett Cornwall via arch-dev-public wrote:
On 2020-02-13 02:24, David C. Rankin wrote:
And with the note that much of Howard Hinnant's date/time library is being incorporated into the next C++ standard. Quite a feather in anyone's cap.
Does anyone have any strong opinions?
Does waybar use just what is expected to be in the C++ standard down the line? I think using a more specific name like "chrono-date" seems reasonable, especially if it is going to be dropped again in a couple years once C++20 is available and targeted by applications like waybar. -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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