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



On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:37:16PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote:
> > 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.

But then the package would have to be changed for a new SONAME. And I
don't see any benefits of using libc6-linux-headers, as opposed to
libc-linux-headers.

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gram

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