Re: GNUStep namespace pollution in Debian?

[Eric Heintzmann]

On 2004-06-19 17:03:31 +0200 Eric Heintzmann <eric@gnustep.fr.st> 
wrote:

> > > > > > > "AP" == Alex Perez <address@bogus.example.com> writes:
>
> <snip>
>
> > That said, it just won't go away. So, I think a strategic retreat is
> > in order.
> >
> > Let's just say:
> >
> >         - gnustep-* for packages that are part of GNUstep, or which 
> > have
> >           "GNUstep" in the name anyways.
> >         - *.app for application packages
> >         - *.framework for frameworks
> >
> > Does that work for everyone? Eric, can we write it up as a
> > package-naming policy and ship it with gnustep-base or -make or
> > something?
>
> Yes, this is posible to include it in gnustep-make and/or 
> gnustep-base.
> Since, nobody seems to disagree with your policy, let's adopt it.
> Evan, would you mind to write this document (text) and post it on 
> debian-devel (I suggest to cc to discuss-gnustep and 
> pkg-gnustep-maintainers).
>
> I also suggest to renaming source packages everytime.
I also suggesdt to not rename source package everytime.
Sorry.

> for example, I won't rename addresses source package (because it 
> contains app 
> and frameworks) , but I will rename binary packages only :
> addressmanager -> addressmanager.app
> addresses-framework -> addresses.framework
> addressview-framework -> addressview.framework
> addresses-goodies -> ... I don't know. if someone has an idea ...
>
> Eric