On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 10:38 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > I thought tracker was an editor/composer, not just a player as mikmod > > is/was/whatever. They both have been around since RH4. So, now tracker > > is a database ?? Hard up for names? It's confusing. Someone better tell > > Google. Nor should one exclude the other, as they serve different > > purposes. One composes scores and plays back scores, the other (mikmod) > > only plays them. > > Mikmod has obsoleted the old tracker for a *long time*. If you like the > old tracker, feel free to package it up and maintain in Fedora. It > probably takes less time to maintain it as compared to writing these > long mails. Not for me. :) As I said, they are not the same application at all. So how could mikmod obsolete tracker? They are two different animals although they are cousins. > > Why not name the new database "pine" since that would make as much sense > > or even more since Pine isn't in the FC scheme of things. > > Pine might not currently be in the formal Fedora repository but folks do > use it. So your argument makes no sense to me. Yours makes no sense to me either, but that seems to be the way of it. > Also tracker is not a > database. It uses one though. Read the links in more detail. "It consists of a common object database that allows entities to have an almost infinite number of properties, metadata (both embedded/harvested as well as user definable), a comprehensive database of keywords/tags and links to other entities. It is not a database? > Lots! Tracker is one helluva app and doesn't need > > anything huge to run on. <sigh> my two cents, Ric > > Lots of different packages get to have the same name. We deal with that > constantly in Fedora repositories. So learn to live with it. Lots? Name two. Constantly? I seriously doubt it. Learn to live with it? I don't buy that. <smiles> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
