On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 16:52 -0700, Jerry James wrote: > Second, is the use of the word "compat" in the name, as in > "compat-libstdc++-33", considered mandatory, desirable, undesirable, > something else? So, running with the previous example, should we > rename "asm2" to "compat-asm2" and make the upcoming "asm3" package be > named "asm"? I remember some discussion of "compat" on this list, but > I don't see anything about it in the current guidelines. compat-* packages are for the sole purpose of providing libraries required by third-party applications. No Fedora packages should ever be built against them, and no application packages should use the compat- namespace. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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