I would like to package Kup [1] for inclusion in Fedora, but I'm a bit confused about naming the package.
In Fedora repositories there's already a completely unrelated "kup" package [2], so I cannot name this new package with it's official name.
Since Kup is born as a KCM module, I think I can name it "kcm-kup" [3]... but there's really no package in Fedora named "kcm". In fact, looking through the package list I can find six kcm modules, but they are following different name schemas: the oldest three are using the "-" separator (kcm-fcitx, kcm-gtk, kcm-qt-graphicssystem), while the newest three use the "_" (kcm_systemd, kcm_touchpad, kcm_wacomtablet) which is a violation of naming guidelines [4].
Another alternative could be naming it "kf5-kup" (?)
Suggestions are welcome. Thanks Mattia
[1] https://github.com/spersson/Kup [2] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/kup/ [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Naming?rd=Packaging:NamingGuideline... [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Naming?rd=Packaging:NamingGuideline...
Mattia Verga wrote:
Since Kup is born as a KCM module, I think I can name it "kcm-kup" [3]... but there's really no package in Fedora named "kcm". In fact, looking through the package list I can find six kcm modules, but they are following different name schemas: the oldest three are using the "-" separator (kcm-fcitx, kcm-gtk, kcm-qt-graphicssystem), while the newest three use the "_" (kcm_systemd, kcm_touchpad, kcm_wacomtablet) which is a violation of naming guidelines [4].
It is not. Quoting your link: | packages where the upstream name naturally contains an underscore are | excluded from this which is the case for the KCMs. (kcm_* is their natural name, it is how the so files are named, and sometimes also the tarballs, when upstream is not bowing to Debian's nonsensical underscore ban.)
The kcm-* naming convention comes from Debian. IMHO, it is incorrect.
Kind regards, Kevin
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