On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 05:29:22PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Christian Holm Christensen: > > > Shared libraries: libroot5.13 for the core libs > > libroot-*5.13 for add-on libs > > Libdevel pkgs: libroot-dev for the core libs > > libroot-*-dev for add-on libs > > These shouldn't be a problem, I think. > > > Plugins: root-plugin-* > > Executables: root-bin for the core binaries > > root-* for add-on binaries, e.g., root-xrootd > > Other packages: root-doc, root-doc, ttf-root-installer > > "root-project" instead of "root" could solve the problem. It's not > just that the name is too generic, your users might assume that > root-tail and root-portal are part of your packages. > > But you really need to get ftpmaster feedback. This isn't something > that should be resolved by a popular vote. > Hi Christian, When the ftpmasters say 'too generic', it does not provide a path for you to address the issue (e.g. generic in what way?). A package name should be self-documenting, if I understand the intention. It should be able to be interpreded, in the few seconds someone reads it, in a way that would lead to the intended user to find it. From my thinking, 'root' is a very loaded word in the *nix realm. It is associated with 'root user', 'root kit', etc. So I've seen folks add a prefix, a suffix, a change in capitalization or even a rename of the package name or the enclosed binaries to make the package more easily recognizable by the 'apt-cache search'ing people. There seems to be the intention that you should change the package name and possibly the associated library package names. If its a math framework, then maybe root-framework or root-math-framework? If I saw a package on my computer called root, or ROOT, I'd think rootkit. Hope this illuminates the issue. Cheers, Kev ps. the SIXPACK issue comes to mind. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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