Thanks for the comments. "Gerald B. Cox" <gbcox@xxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Mattia Verga <mattia.verga@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> >> So, in my opinion, you did it right naming your package "superlu_dist". >> For sure, you MUST not use uppercase letters. > > > I believe there is a bit of leeway for the packager here. You SHOULD not > use uppercase; it isn't an edict - it's a guideline. Yes, but I think the guidelines need modifying because people don't agree about them, and they're not helping consistency. Perhaps they could just use some re-wording. > That said, > I agree that lowercase is far preferable. We all know what a PITA it is to > try to figure out package names in the repository. That is why > the guidelines state you SHOULD use lowercase and hyphens instead of > underscores. Turning the attention to the underscore, I would in this > instance change it to a hyphen: so the package would be named > "superlu-dist". Why, because that is what most people are going to use and > what how the vast majority of packages are named. Why are most people going to use superlu-dist when that's not the proper name of the software? I'm not familiar with a SuperLU user community, but I think I can speak about DL_POLY as a DL veteran; I packaged it as "dl_poly" and wouldn't expect people to call it "dl-poly" (outside Debian) or "dlpoly". The majority don't have underscores as part of their proper name, but the guidelines cover ones that do. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
