On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:39 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 11:16 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> '''
> For many reasons, it is sometimes advantageous to keep multiple versions
> of a package in Fedora to be installed simultaneously. When doing so,
> the package name should reflect this fact. One package should use the
> base name with no versions and all other addons should note their
> version in the name.
> '''
> This gives the maintainer the leeway to choose whether the package is
> best served by having the latest version carry the unadorned name
> forward or the previous version.
Though consider this proposal to be a step into the correct direction, I
don't think it goes far enough.
It still recommends "one version package w/ no version". IMO, this
recommendation is more confusing than helpful and should also be
removed.
[Consider "gtk->gtk2"-like cases: in long term, one can expect gtk to
die out and gtk2 to remain. The recommendation could be interpreted as
recommendation to rename gtk2, then.]
=> +1, but ... proposal: Let's also remove the "no version
recommendation".
Okay -- with spot's[1]_ +1 in the earlier thread for the same proposal
and my +1 that's six in favor. Tentatively approved but need to send it
to FESCo for review now.
Ralf's change makes sense as well. spot, if you're working on adding
compat-* guidelines, do you want to work this in or should I add it to
next week's agenda separately? (There's a review pending on this change
so I want to keep the first part moving forward.)
.. [1]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2007-July/msg00013.html
-Toshio