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Re: Package names case sensitive?



On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:42, Stefan Schwandter wrote:
> I know that policy recommends not to use uppercase letters in package
> names, but I'd like to package jack (jackit.sourceforge.net).
> Unfortunately, there already is a (source) package named jack in the
> debian archive, so I would have to rename "my" jack package.

Why not call it "jackit" as the author has done on their sourceforge site?

> I wouldn't have to, if I could call my source package JACK, and if the
> debian archives would treat it as a different package.

That would suck really badly for users.

Just rename the thing.

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