Consider a different name

[robinbowes]

I'm looking at packaging gpm (for CentOS) so I can use it to build some go packages.

However, there is already a package named gpm:

 yum info gpm
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Available Packages
Name        : gpm
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 1.20.7
Release     : 5.el7
Size        : 183 k
Repo        : base/7/x86_64
Summary     : A mouse server for the Linux console
URL         : http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
License     : GPLv2 and GPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv3+ and Verbatim and Copyright only
Description : Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the
            : Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system.  Gpm
            : also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and
            : includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a
            : mouse button.

Might you consider using a different name, eg. gopm?

[pote]

That's a toughie, we've gone through a name change already earlier in the life of the project, making another switch would be pretty involved and I honestly don't see it happening.

Maybe what we could do is add something to the makefile to allow for a different name on the executable? I'd be open to merging that in if it means supporting more users!

[robinbowes]

That wouldn't really help, as anything that currently uses gpm would break if the name of the executable changed between platforms.

[pote]

#65 Fixes this particular need, closing the issue! 💃