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gnu: packages: remove g-golf and nomad

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Message #25 received at 76377 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: David Pirotte <david <at> altosw.be>
To: "Leo Famulari" <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 76377 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: Re: bug#76377: gnu: packages: remove g-golf and nomad
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:41:25 -0300

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> > But David’s request, that we make g-golf the name of the
> > guile-g-golf package, can hardly be encouraged by Guix.  That is,
> > logically, Guix cannot encourage not following its policy.  

> Earlier, you described this policy as "not written down". That's not
> a policy, in my opinion.

> And we should consider deviating from it when people have strong
> feelings about it.

> Already, we seem to have alienated the author of a Guile package,
> which is tragically counterproductive.

> And really, what's so bad about naming the package of the g-golf
> program "g-golf"? We've deviated from these informal guidelines
> before and the world kept turning.

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The first (created) guix g-golf package was (properly) named g-golf.

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