Bug#1016011: ITP: pd-mapper -- Qualcomm PD mapper service

[Arnaud Ferraris <arnaud.ferraris@disroot.org>]

Hi IOhannes,

Le 25/07/2022 à 18:30, IOhannes m zmölnig a écrit :
> Am 25. Juli 2022 11:01:03 MESZ schrieb Arnaud Ferraris <arnaud.ferraris@gmail.com>:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Arnaud Ferraris <aferraris@debian.org>
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, aferraris@debian.org
> >
> > * Package name    : pd-mapper
> >   Version         : 0.0+git20220208
> >   Upstream Author : Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
> > * URL             : https://github.com/andersson/pd-mapper
> > * License         : BSD
> >   Programming Lang: C
> >   Description     : Qualcomm PD mapper service
> >
> > 'pd-mapper' is the reference implementation for Qualcomm's Protection
> > Domain mapper service. It is required for userspace applications to
> > access the various remote processors (Wi-Fi, modem, sensors...) on
> > recent Qualcomm SoCs using the QRTR protocol.
>
>
> Just to note: AFAIK all Debian packages that currently use the "pd-" prefix belong to the "pure-data" universe, just like Python packages have a "python-" prefix.
> There is no formal "reservation" of that namespace, but I would expect quite some confusion if there are a few totally unrelated packages using the same naming scheme.
>
> There's even an exusting pd-mapping package....
>
>
> So I humbly suggest to pick a name that reduces confusion, if possible.

You're right, renaming it to `protection-domain-mapper` should avoid any 
confusion.

The package is already in NEW but I'll drop a line to the FTP Masters 
team so they reject that one.

Thanks,
Arnaud

> mfh.her.fsr
> IOhannes
>
> mfh.her.fsr
> IOhannes