ddrescue and dd_rescue (was: Re: CVSROOT modules,1.4108,1.4109 (fwd))

[Ville Skyttä <ville skytta iki fi>]

On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 10:26 +0200, Warren Togami wrote:

> Upstream confuses the issue with their confusing naming calling it 
> dd_rescue in some places but ddrescue in others.  It seems to me that we 
> should keep the existing package as-is in this case, because the package 
> has been named ddrescue for years, and the binary is too named ddrescue.
> 
> The guidelines exist for consistency going into the future, but it is 
> too pedantic to force apply it to all existing packages.  Just maintain 
> the existing ddrescue package please.

Before doing anything further, please see the thread below, discuss, and
decide whether both ddrescue (GNU) and dd_rescue (the current one AFAIK)
should be shipped, or only one of them.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-June/msg00782.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-June/msg00915.html