Module versioning

Biju Chacko biju_chacko at vsnl.net
Tue May 6 08:50:59 CEST 2003


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On Tue, 6 May 2003 08:22:45 +0200, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:

> On Tue, 6 May 2003 08:57:13 +0530
> Biju Chacko <biju_chacko at vsnl.net> wrote:
> > I don't know if we need to rename the applications and libraries
> > too, but the package names badly need to be rationalised.
> > 
> 
> Good point. I thought we might be able to do that when (if?) we move
> the sources from xfce-devel to their final location (xfce4?). I'd vote
> for this naming scheme:
> 
> xfce4-<something>
> libxfce4-<something>

I disagree. IMO,

xfce4-foo-*
xfce4-libfoo-*

would be better. This way in directory listings, package file listings,
etc, all the required packages for xfce4 would be listed together. This
would reduce chances for confusion.

> At least for the directory names and package names. For actual binary
> and lib names it may be too much trouble.

yes. This makes sense.

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