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Bug#486453: marked as done (Policy 8.2 suggests libraryname-tools, but not libraryname-utils)

Your message dated Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:16:04 +0200
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and subject line Re: Policy 8.2 suggests libraryname-tools, but not libraryname-utils
has caused the Debian Bug report #486453,
regarding Policy 8.2 suggests libraryname-tools, but not libraryname-utils
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.0.1
Severity: minor

Hi,

Policy currently reads:


8.2 Shared library support files

[...]

Run-time support programs that use the shared library but are not
required for the library to function or files used by the shared
library that can be used by any version of the shared library
package should instead be put in a separate package. This package
might typically be named libraryname-tools; note the absence of the
soversion in the package name.
However, in practice the -utils suffix for the discussed type of packages seems to be much more widely used than the -tools suffix that is suggested by policy 8.2. On my system I get the following results: 

$ dpkg -l \*-tools | wc -l
27

$ dpkg -l \*-utils | wc -l
38
I propose a change in the wording of the last sentence, maybe to something like this:
This package might typically be named libraryname-utils or (at your option) libraryname-tools; note the absence of the soversion in the package name.
However, if this would be a real recommendation regarding the package name for run-time support programs, we would need many transitional -utils packages poiting to many newly introduced -tools packages in the archive to become policy compliant. ;) 

Cheers,
Fabian

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Am 09.07.2012 02:32, schrieb Jonathan Nieder:

So while I like the empiricism behind it, I don't think this change is
needed or warranted.  Would you mind if the bug were closed?


No, I'm fine with it.

Thanks for caring,
 - Fabian

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