firefox-themes-ubuntu package should be renamed to avoid user confusion

[Christian Niemeyer]

Binary package hint: firefox-themes-ubuntu

Surely this is not an important issue, but in ubuntu 8.04 the package called "firefox-themes-ubuntu" should be renamend to something like "firefox-2-themes-ubuntu". It is confusing for new unexperienced users and could lead to dependency problems. It would be more consistent, also like all other packages are seperated to something like "firefox-2..." and "firefox-3.0..."

Example:
An unexperienced user browses packages in Synaptic to find something interesting. "firefox-themes-ubuntu" sounds cool, so the user wants to install it; not paying attention that also "firefox-2" from universe is going to be installed. Then he wonders, where the themes are or accidently starts surfing the web with firefox-2 instead of the standard firefox-3.0

Mhm this is really not a big deal, though it would be nice, if the package could be renamed, would be more user-friendly and less confusing.

[yamfox (yamfox)]

I agree completely.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Christian Niemeyer <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-themes-ubuntu
>
> Surely this is not an important issue, but in ubuntu 8.04 the package
> called "firefox-themes-ubuntu" should be renamend to something like
> "firefox-2-themes-ubuntu". It is confusing for new unexperienced users
> and could lead to dependency problems. It would be more consistent, also
> like all other packages are seperated to something like "firefox-2..."
> and "firefox-3.0..."
>
> Example:
> An unexperienced user browses packages in Synaptic to find something
> interesting. "firefox-themes-ubuntu" sounds cool, so the user wants to
> install it; not paying attention that also "firefox-2" from universe is
> going to be installed. Then he wonders, where the themes are or accidently
> starts surfing the web with firefox-2 instead of the standard firefox-3.0
>
> Mhm this is really not a big deal, though it would be nice, if the
> package could be renamed, would be more user-friendly and less
> confusing.
>
> ** Affects: firefox-themes-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> firefox-themes-ubuntu package should be renamed to avoid user confusion
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219942
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[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

I close this bug because in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS there isn't this problem, because the package was simply removed.