[Slackbuilds-users] Would you consider renaming the discord SlackBuild?

Jeremy Hansen jebrhansen+SBo at gmail.com
Fri Mar 24 12:57:32 UTC 2017


On Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 10:23 PM Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen+SBo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> SBo admins,
>
> The discord maintainer has given permission to rename the SlackBuild to
> something more specific like discord-beat or discord-brainwave.
>
> Would you be able to make the change or would you like me to make the
> change and submit it?
>
> Once changed, I can submit my discord chat SlackBuild.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>

Just a follow-up in case the first message was missed. If this isn't
feasible, let me know.

Thanks,
Jeremy

>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Ruan <ruan.klein at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Would you consider renaming the discord SlackBuild?
> To: Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen at gmail.com>
>
>
> ​​
> Hello, Jeremy!
>
> Sorry for the delay in replying, I did not see your previous email. :-\
>
> Ok, actually the "discord brainwave" is very specific program. I agree
> with you.
>
> I allow you to rename the "discord" to "discord-beat" or
> "discord-brainwave", "discord-any". At the time, I do not use slackware
> anymore, So I cannot recreate the SlackBuild. But if necessary, I can edit
> the script using a VM with slackware...
>
> PS: sorry if you did not understand something, english is not my native
> language.
>
> 2017-03-22 22:46 GMT-03:00 Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen at gmail.com>:
>
> Just a follow-up, since I never received a response...
>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Ruan,
>
> I'm looking at adding a SlackBuild for the chat program discord
> <https://discordapp.com>, however, you already have a discord SlackBuild
> for a completely different program. I've been struggling with what to name
> my SlackBuild to aid users who like to do things from the command line
> (like with sbopkg... being able to simply run *sbopkg -i discord*).
>
> However, in looking at your app and what it provides, it seems like it is
> probably very specialized and may not have a lot of users. Discord is
> becoming quite popular for a chatting app, especially in the gaming realm
> (although, my coworkers started one for a work project, which is why I
> ended up getting involved with it and creating a SlackBuild). I was
> wondering if you'd be willing to rename your program? I had thought of discord-beat
> or discord-binaural.
>
> I already asked Willy if it is possible to rename an app with the
> maintainer's permission and he said that is fine.
>
> No worries if you don't want to rename yours. It was added first and I
> would probably end up using something like discord-chat, but it just seems
> that most people who would be searching for discord are likely going to
> want the chat program, not a brainwave entrainment generator.
>
> Thanks for your time
> Jeremy (aka bassmadrigal if you're on LQ)
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ruan
>
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