Re: Virtual package httpd-with-cgi-suppport.
"Steve" == Steve M Robbins <steven.robbins@videotron.ca> writes:
Jules> It is inconsistent with pgp-i, mutt-i, gs-pdfencrypt.
Steve> Not to belabour the point, but the only inconsistency
Steve> immediately obvious is that those three have one dash whereas
The inconsistency is that the package names mean pgp-with-i,
mutt-with-i, gs-with-pdfencryption. Which is to say, in general, that
a dash can elegantly imply words like "with", "for", and "from".
Steve> debian-policy/virtual-package-names-list.txt.gz (from
Steve> debian-policy package 3.5.6.0). Is there a more authoritative
Those particular examples weren't virtual.
Steve> Incidentally, there are already virtual package names with two
Steve> and even three dashes, e.g. linux-kernel-log-daemon.
True. But each word there is necessary.
Steve> unambiguous at first glance. The shorter httpd-cgi, on the
Steve> other hand, might be taken to refer to "CGI programs for
Steve> httpd".
Ambiguous alone, yes. But in the context that people are likely to come
across this package (apt: "package clevercgi needs httpd-cgi, which is
provided by apache, roxen, etc, choose wisely") I don't believe it will
matter.
To be consistent with our package naming tradition, I have to vote for
"httpd-cgi", and hope my fellow daemon maintainers think similarly.
netgod
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<yath> I know this guy is minimalist.. but it wouldn't KILL him to
make the prog respond to --version
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