RE: libFOO-BAR naming convention
Hello,
> I vaguely recall seeing a recommendation for library packages
> for a particular language to follow libFOO-BAR naming convention
> in Debian, where FOO is the name of a library, and BAR is an
> arbitrary common suffix (thus, liberror-perl, or
> libsqlite-ocaml.)
>
> Could one point me to where this recommendation is given?
In the perl policy document[0] it states:
"Perl module packages should be named for the primary module provided.
The naming convention for module Foo::Bar is libfoo-bar-perl. Packages
which include multiple modules may additionally include provides for
those modules using the same convention."
HTH
Jeremiah
[0]
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packag
es.html#s-package_names
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