Hi everyone,
I have recently tried to package the utility called Bear (Build EAR), a tool that generates a clang compilation database for build systems that cannot generate one themselves.
I tried to submit the package and during review I was made aware of the package bear-devel, which is already in the fedora repository. This package are the development files for a game engine and are completely unrelated to Bear. However, I can see a potential confusion for users, when bear-devel and bear have nothing in common.
My question is: how should I address this issue? Renaming my proposed package to Build-ear would be an option, but the binary should still be called bear, to avoid confusion for users. Should I ask the upstream author about their opinion concerning renaming?
Thanks in advance,
Dan
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