Bug#328720: Incorrect package name, should be ocaml-mode-el

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 12:33:06PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> | On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 01:05:05AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> | > Package: ocaml-mode
> | > Severity: normal
> | > 
> | > It is customary to name Debian Emacs package with name:
> | > 
> | >    <package>-el
> | > 
> | > Like in numerous:
> | 
> | I don't agree. Some packages follow this convention, others don't :
> | 
> | ada-mode - Ada mode for GNU Emacs and XEmacs
> | asn1-mode - Emacs mode for editing ASN.1 specification files
> | biomode - [Biology] An Emacs mode to edit genetic data
> | css-mode - A Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) editing mode for Emac
> | nasm-mode - NASM mode for XEmacs
> | nxml-mode - Emacs mode for editing XML documents using RELAX NG schemas
> | tuareg-mode - An emacs-mode for ocaml programs
> 
> This is bug in these packages which should be reported.
> 
> The correct naming is to append "-el" to the Emacs packages.
> There is no need to deviate from this convention
> unnecessarily.

Or so the gods decreed :)

Seriously, is there a policy entry about this, and if so can you quote it ?
And if not, and you feel this to be the right thing, maybe it should be made
policy or something.

Friendly,

Sven Luther