The original binaries names on each platform/distro are: - code - codium I fail to see why not following the generic scheme and adding kinda misleading symlinks.
Hello, It was a matter of subjective taste. I find the naming `code` to be too generic, especially compared to `vscode`. I think people out of the blue won't search for `code` when doing `emerge --search` but will search for `vscode` instead. `vscode` or `visual studio code` is used everywhere by Microsoft except for the executable names, I do not understand this choice and did not abide by it. If it bothers everyone, which I don't think it is the case (I may be wrong), then it is better to do a name change.
Well, you can expect 'code' or 'codium' across each and every platform (macos/windows/etc) so it indeed might be kinda confusing for a moment for really long time users (I had to check the 'equery f' output to see what's was going on)
If what bothers you the most is the executable name and not the package name then what we can do is add both versions, `code` and `vscode` to `/usr/bin`, and everyone can be happy :D
But is there a point really? I agree that 'code' itself is kinda generic historically, but this is what people really expect to see :)
I think `vscode` has its advantages as a package name: if you do `emerge --search code` you will get 154 results whereas `vscode` gives you what you want. Now, about the "easy to lookup" argument If you are convinced: then having a `vscode` executable makes sense too. If the argument does not make sense to you, then I don't know what we should do next: a package name change ? Wouldn't that confuse even more people ? Is it really that bad to go by "vscode" as a package name even if we don't follow the other distros ? In any case, I agree with your argument to stick with package naming across distros, but I had the chance to do a "special snowflake" move and I did it given it doesn't really hurt anyone xD. This package originally was in GURU and its original name was even "worse": visual-studio-code-bin
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=9cfd21d6e5bd33376c6a0b82ab5c6c4d4233e280 commit 9cfd21d6e5bd33376c6a0b82ab5c6c4d4233e280 Author: Adel KARA SLIMANE <adel.ks@zegrapher.com> AuthorDate: 2021-09-10 11:44:19 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-09-14 07:38:52 +0000 app-editors/vscode: version bump to 1.60.0 + wayland support Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/809401 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/811759 Signed-off-by: Adel KARA SLIMANE <adel.ks@zegrapher.com> Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> app-editors/vscode/Manifest | 3 + .../files/vscode-url-handler-wayland.desktop | 12 ++ .../vscode/files/vscode-url-handler.desktop | 4 +- app-editors/vscode/files/vscode-wayland.desktop | 18 +++ app-editors/vscode/files/vscode.desktop | 4 +- app-editors/vscode/vscode-1.60.0.ebuild | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6b7cac79fda891fda9210afbdf30326f4b71d9be commit 6b7cac79fda891fda9210afbdf30326f4b71d9be Author: Adel KARA SLIMANE <adel.ks@zegrapher.com> AuthorDate: 2021-09-10 11:43:31 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-09-14 07:38:52 +0000 app-editors/vscodium: version bump to 1.60.0 + wayland support Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/809401 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/811759 Signed-off-by: Adel KARA SLIMANE <adel.ks@zegrapher.com> Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> app-editors/vscodium/Manifest | 3 + .../files/vscodium-url-handler-wayland.desktop | 12 +++ .../vscodium/files/vscodium-url-handler.desktop | 2 +- .../vscodium/files/vscodium-wayland.desktop | 18 ++++ app-editors/vscodium/files/vscodium.desktop | 2 +- app-editors/vscodium/vscodium-1.60.0.ebuild | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
