Rename powerd to something less generic

Bug #1210379 reported by Jeremy Bícha
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
powerd
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
powerd (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Steve Langasek

Bug Description

powerd is the name of an already existing binary package in Debian. I guess it wasn't noticed since it's part of freebsd-utils which
was apparently never really in Ubuntu.

http://packages.qa.debian.org/freebsd-utils

This could be a problem if this package is ever submitted for inclusion in Debian. And it's just confusing if someone tries to Google for more information or troubleshooting a problem and just assumes that FreeBSD is upstream, not Canonical.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=powerd

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: powerd (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 8 23:42:22 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-14 (55 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130613)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: powerd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :
James Ramsay (f-jack)
Changed in powerd:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in powerd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Jack, please try to give a reason when closing bugs. In this case, I believe the bug is valid; it's just a question of whether Canonical wants to fix it. If they do want to fix it, it's a little easier to do it now before 13.10 is released

Changed in powerd (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
Changed in powerd:
status: Invalid → New
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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

Steve could you offer an opinion on whether we should rename?

Changed in powerd:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in powerd (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Steve Langasek (vorlon)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Given that the powerd package in Debian is freebsd-specific and will therefore never be in Ubuntu, and the Ubuntu powerd will never be ported to BSD, I don't think the name conflict is significant. It's certainly allowed to have a single binary package name provided by different source packages on different architectures.

If someone had a good replacement name for this and upstream were inclined to accept the rename, then that's fine; but the obvious choice ('upower') is taken by another package already (calling it 'upowerd' rather than 'upower' would be no less confusing), and I don't see the value in forcing an arbitrary rename here.

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in powerd (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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