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Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers



> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:45:32AM +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:55:03PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> >  
> > > What not rename linux-kernel-headers to simple system-headers-linux?
> > > This will prevent confused users (or: lazy to read the description users)
> > > from asking this again and again.
> > 
> > system-headers-linux is a bit vague and without knowing could be
> > associated with the kernel just as strongly as with libc.
> > 
> > How about libc-linux-headers?
> 
> I second that, or perhaps libc6-linux-headers.

If the package would have been named "libc6-linux-headers" to show its
strong relationship with libc6 I had never started this thread. I'm not
a fan of renaming but in this case IMO it seems to be appropriate.

O. Wyss

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