Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
''' == Naming Conventions == It is common for Tcl applications and extensions to begin with a 'tcl' or 'tk' prefix in the upstream name. Fedora Tcl packages should follow this convention. If the upstream name does not contain the 'tcl' or 'tk' prefix, then it is only necessary to add one if the upstream name is inappropriately generic. For example, the 'thread' extension to Tcl is named 'thread' upstream, but is named 'tclthread' in Fedora. The upstream name for the 'bwidget' extension is uncommon enough that it does not need to contain the 'tcl' or 'tk' prefix in the Fedora package name. ''' * Other languages use $LANGUAGE-$MODULE naming. * All modules in perl, ruby, and php are using the $LANGUAGE- prefix, there has been talk of removing the python exception (ie: having python-pygpgme instead of pygpgme) as having all modules use $LANGUAGE-$MODULE makes it easier for endusers to find modules written for the language they are writing their program in. So I'd propose: * For modules, tcl-thread and tcl-bwidget. Possibly tcl-tk but someone with more experience with tcl/tk will have to tell me if that makes sense.
I would consider Tk a special case, and that the guidelines should allow for either the 'tcl' or 'tk' prefix to be used.
Would you agree that if upstream uses a name prefixed by 'tcl' already, that we don't need to change it to a 'tcl-' prefix? For example, we currently have 'tclxml'. I argue that we don't need to change this to 'tcl-xml', or 'tcl-tclxml', but could add an additional 'Provides: tcl-xml' and/or 'Provides: tcl-tclxml' if necessary.
Applications do not need to have the language prefix as users of the application do not need to know what language it is written in.
+1 I'll clarify some of this in the proposal. --Wart -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
