Re: Inclusion of main version numbers in package names?

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> Having a version in the package name should be used only in case
> of different parallel-installable major versions of the same software.

How often would you like to support parallel installation before a subsequent major version will become generally available?


> It would be nice if packages were named consistently across
> RPM-based distributions, but what's your point?

How do you think about possible consequences around a package name like “libXss1”?
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Factory/libXScrnSaver/libXScrnSaver.spec?expand=1

Regards,
Markus
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