Re: New name for glibc-sparc?
>>>>> Juan Cespedes writes:
> The `glibc-sparc' *source* package is what we are using now as
> the sources for libc6 in Sparc; however, there's nothing
> sparc-specific on it, it's just a newer version of the `glibc' used in
> other architectures. We need another source package name so that the
> two versions can coexist.
> It's used mainly on Sparc, but it may be used in other archs
> sooner or later. The `powerpc' people, for example, is willing to use
> it, and we may try to use it for i386 after Debian 2.0 is released.
> However, I would like to change its name: `glibc-sparc' seems
> very sparc-specific, and I would like to hear your suggestions on this
> issue. How about `glibc-pre2.1'? (it's based on pre-alpha versions
> of glibc-2.1).
> (BTW: I would like to use `glibc-alpha', but that could
> confuse the AXP people :))
> Other alternatives would be `glibc-beta', `glibc-exp',
> `glibc-devel'...
> Comments?
Are you adding the actual date of the snapshot? In that case you might
consider calling it just e.g. glibc-snapshot-980202.
>From the names you suggested I only like glibc-pre2.1: glibc-alpha is
confusing in a double sense (we don't call them alpha versions,
they're snapshots), glibc-beta is even worse (glibc-2.0.92 could be
called an alpha/beta but not the snapshots), glibc-exp (experimental -
I don't like it but it's better than alpha/beta) and finally
glibc-devel which might imply that you need it _for_ development.
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de jaeger@informatik.uni-kl.de
for pgp-key finger ajaeger@alma.student.uni-kl.de
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-sparc-request@lists.debian.org .
Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .
Reply to: