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
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