On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:05:03AM -0400, Kristian Høgsberg wrote: > Axel Thimm wrote: > >On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 01:54:17PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >>On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 12:58 +0200, dragoran wrote: > >>>Axel Thimm wrote: > >>>>Should packages with source from outside of the xorg-x11 tree carry > >>>>this prefix (e.g. ivtv, nvidia, ati, etc)? E.g. is this a prefix like > >>>>often used "for <prefix>" or is it a cendor prefix, e.g. "by > >>>><prefix>"? > >>>> > >>>>How would a 3rd party driver package be best named? > >>>>xorg-x11-drv-<driver> or <3rd-party-vendor>-drv-<driver>? > >>>> > >>>I would say use > >>> > >>>xorg-x11-drv-<driver> > >>> > >>>the second one only confuses users. > >>but xorg-x11 is the name of the upstream vendor, and probably > >>trademarked or close to that. So I would suggest to not do that; even if > >>it's not a legal trademark, it makes sure that users realize where it > >>comes from (and thus where to report bugs ;) > > > >Which brings us back to the question, does the prefix really imply "by > ><prefix>" or "for <prefix>". Usually in packaging practice > >"<prefix>-foo" means foo built for <prefix>, e.g. the miriads of > >perl-XXX packages, now python-XXX, too, java-XXX, gkrellm-XXX, and all > >other module- or plugin-type packages. > > > >I don't mind either way, I just want to hear a clear statement from > >the X11 packaging folks. Personally I tend to hear the sound of the > >vendor in it, but I see many folks suggesting to use it as a domain > >prefix. That's why I'm bringing it up. > > It's used in a 'by' sense, notice that we have other out of tree drivers > in the distribution already: synaptics and linuxwacom. OK, thanks, that was what I was looking for. So oot drivers have free nomenclature (e.g. following the project's name), and when (if) they enter xorg-x11 they become canonicalized to xorg-x11-drv-foo. Maybe I should toss it to fedoraproject.org's wiki somehwere. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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