Re: dpkg -s and architecture
Rob Browning writes ("Re: dpkg -s and architecture "):
> Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > Note the recent decision about parseable filenames. The filename
> > in the archive wioll be (but ins't yet):
> > replacehyphenswithunderscores($packagename)-$version.$arch.deb
>
> Great, I didn't know it was decided.
It was discussed on debian-private last week or so, and noone
objected. Perhaps they were all too tired.
> Just to make sure I understand. Is this just for the file names, or
> are we actually changing the package names too?
Just the filename. Changing the package names is major hassle.
> I assume that we need
> to change our debian.rules to generate files with underscored package
> names...
Only if the package name has hyphens :-).
Andy Guy writes ("Re: dchanges, architecture component, parseable filenames "):
...
> Is that backwards and confusing. Why not disallow _ in package names
> and use it as the seperator?
What, like dpkg_1.0.7.i386.deb, ncurses3.0-dev_1.9.8a-4.i386.deb ?
(As opposed to dpkg-1.0.7.i386.deb, ncurses3.0_dev-1.9.8a-4.i386.deb.)
I think this is more confusing. _ reads as less of a break than -,
IMO. Furthermore it seems that many people find _ very unaesthetic,
and using it only where there's a - in the package name makes it
appear a lot less ...
Ian.
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