Bug#114920: PROPOSAL] remove foolish consistence in perl module names
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 03:56:00PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> As for dselect, all this needs is full-text-search of package
> descriptions in dselect (which is implemented already, and in CVS I
> think), and then mentioning what modules are provided in the
> description.
Okay, please add the description requirement to the amendment proposal.
It's still quite prone to false-positives unlike the current convention (a
distinct search of packgage name || Provides: would be preferable). But I
don't think this reason alone are worth an objection to this policy
change.
> > "/" in dselect and search in other package managers is an acceptable
> > casualty to me, but it should be mentioned.
>
> Ok, consider it mentioned (or do you mean mention it in policy?).
Just here. If it bothers someone else more than I they are welcome to
speak up.
--
_ivan
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