Package separation/naming conventions
Dear list,
I am currently packaging the "wcslib" package (Bug #641624) as my first
Debian package, and I am wondering about the naming conventions. The
package contains two libraries, some tools and an common API
documentation for both libraries. I would now make the following binary
packages:
- libwcs4 and libwcs4-dev
- libpgsbox4 and libpgsbox4-dev
containing the shared libs resp. the static libs+headers of the two
libraries
- wcslib-tools
containing the included binaries
- wcslib-doc
containing the documentation of the two libraries.
First question is now, Is it wise to call a package containing
documentation for libwcs4 "wcslib-doc"? Usually, the "doc" has the same
base name as the according library, hasn't it? Or is the link here made
with the "suggests/enhances" dependency? And what would then suggest
what? libwcs4-dev suggests wcslib-doc, or vice versa?
Second question: libpgsbox4 depends on a package that is in non-free
(pgplot5), and one of the (three) programs that are in wcslib-tools
depend on libpgsbox4. Should I divide wcslib-tools into two packages
like the following?
- libwcs4-tools (two small executable)
- libpgsbox4-tools (one small executable)
The three programs are useful by its own.
Best regards
Ole
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