[GH-ISSUE #101] naming binary/project #975

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opened 2026-03-14 12:46:14 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-14 12:46:14 +03:00

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Originally created by @sewnie on GitHub (Jan 7, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/101

i noticed that the spotify-player binary is named spotify_player; i think this is pretty inconsistent with the project name which has a dash in it. you could rename the project to a better name (suggestion. 'flack' - spot in swedish, 'spelare' - player in swedish, because the founders of spotify were swedish. i think 'spelare' is a cool name'.

i get confused with launching the player due to the dash or the underscore. maybe the binary can be renamed to splayer or spotifyp or sp (like spt)?

Originally created by @sewnie on GitHub (Jan 7, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/101 i noticed that the spotify-player binary is named spotify_player; i think this is pretty inconsistent with the project name which has a dash in it. you could rename the project to a better name (suggestion. 'flack' - spot in swedish, 'spelare' - player in swedish, because the founders of spotify were swedish. i think 'spelare' is a cool name'. i get confused with launching the player due to the dash or the underscore. maybe the binary can be renamed to `splayer` or `spotifyp` or `sp` (like `spt`)?

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2026-03-14 12:46:19 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-14 12:46:25 +03:00

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@aome510 commented on GitHub (Jan 8, 2023):

i noticed that the spotify-player binary is named spotify_player; i think this is pretty inconsistent with the project name which has a dash in it. you could rename the project to a better name (suggestion. 'flack' - spot in swedish, 'spelare' - player in swedish, because the founders of spotify were swedish. i think 'spelare' is a cool name'.

Thanks for the cool suggestion. I'm also aware of the confusion between the project's name and the binary's name. I'm not too sure about the cause of such confusion, maybe because of historical reason =).

That said, changing name now would be a big breaking change, so I won't do it. I would suggest you do aliasing so you can use whatever name you want to launch the app

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Jan 8, 2023): > i noticed that the spotify-player binary is named spotify_player; i think this is pretty inconsistent with the project name which has a dash in it. you could rename the project to a better name (suggestion. 'flack' - spot in swedish, 'spelare' - player in swedish, because the founders of spotify were swedish. i think 'spelare' is a cool name'. Thanks for the cool suggestion. I'm also aware of the confusion between the project's name and the binary's name. I'm not too sure about the cause of such confusion, maybe because of historical reason =). That said, changing name now would be a big breaking change, so I won't do it. I would suggest you do aliasing so you can use whatever name you want to launch the app