Am Mittwoch, den 09.01.2019, 18:07 +0000 schrieb jdunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > From the "Guidelines for Naming Fedora Packages" the example in the > "Multiple packages with the same base name" section ( > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Naming?rd=Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Multiple_packages_with_the_same_base_name > ) seems to contradict the "Separators" section ( > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Naming?rd=Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Separators > ) > > The example describes naming a package as python-sqlalchemy0.5 to show > how to make a compatibility package, but the separators section says: > > The maintainer MUST NOT use an underscore '_', a plus '+', or a > > period '.' as a delimiter. > > Is the period inside the appended version number not considered a > delimiter for these purposes? > > -Joseph From what I know, and what is pratically done, one would name the compatibility package "python-sqlalchemy05". I assume the period slipped in the package name when preparing some copy-pasta. :P Anyways, this should be changed, so I'm adding the fedora-packaging ml. Björn
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