[Lunar-commits] <moonbase> aliases: Adding lighttpd.

[Auke Kok]

On 02/25/2012 02:46 AM, Jean Bruenn wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The "problem" lies in between the recent rename of apache2 to
> httpd which is not a good thing. Even if the Apache folks name their
> repository and project "httpd" the module name should be "apache2" as
> it's "apache2" httpd stands for a HTTP-Daemon - Apache2 is one, Apache1
> is one, Lighttpd is one, should I continue? If you rename apache2 to
> httpd then please rename firefox to browser and sylpheed to
> mail-client. A new user, trying to install apache2 will always look for
> "apache2" and _not_ for httpd.

this is a matter of taste, or perception.

in general the rule is that packages are named the way they are shipped 
upstream, so, the name 'httpd' is entirely appropriate, and in the long 
term even new users will have absolutely no problem finding it.

Auke