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On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 07:18:09PM +0100, Sven wrote:
>   o The dlls will go into a library package (libocaml-xxx for example,
>   or simply libxxx ?)

I really prefer libocaml-xxx, following the perl schema.

>   o the rest of the stuff will go into a developpment package
>     (libocaml-xxx-dev ?) which will depend on the library package, and
>     conflicts, replaces and provides the old package name (xxx most often).

So you think that also old package like, for example ocaml-xstr, should
be renamed to libocaml-xstr-dev, right?

> What do you think of this scheme, Should we go ahead with it ? 

If we fully agree, yes. Personally I see no problem with this naming
schema. I'm only concerned about woody release times, as already said I
think that we should wait for the woody release and _next_ perform all
this changes; anyway I'm in doubt because I can't yet understend if the
freeze time will be postponed ad interim or is just coming.

> What about the naming scheme, should we call it libocaml-xxx or libxxx only ?

as above: I prefer libocaml-xxx.

> Also, in case of packages like lablgl, should we name it libocaml-gl, or
> libocaml-lablgl ? We should ask the opinion of upstream about it. Naturally,

I haven't never understand what does "labl" stands for, if you can
explain this point I can decide whether I prefer libocaml-gl or
libocaml-lablgl :)

> Now, i am not sure if the conflict/replace/provide part is really necessayr
> here, or if it is just clutter we can remove now and fix packages depending on
> these libraries, which should not be that numerous, i think, since anyway, the
> dynamic libraries were not present prior to ocaml 3.04.

I think that we have to use "conflict" in any case, just to minimaze
unconsistent states and problems for final users.

Cheers.

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