On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:10:44AM +0000, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > On 26 March 2013 08:21, Ike Devolder <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 09:52:40PM +0000, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > >> > >> I can't find anything in the AUR guidelines article about > >> recommended naming convention for packages. > >> Apart, from the brief paragraph here > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards#Package_naming > >> > >> I stumbled upon two packages that make me wonder about that: > >> > >> 1) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gist-git/ > >> installs straight from repo and, by convention, uses -git suffix > >> > >> 2) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ruby-jist/ > >> installs from Ruby gem > >> > >> Am I right the latter should be named just jist > >> and jist-git for version of the package installing form git? > >> > >> Or, is the ruby- prefix recommended here? > >> Or, the former should be actually named ruby-gist-git? > >> > >> There is another one, same kind of tool but implemented in Python: > >> > >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pygist-git/ > >> > >> What, if any, is the naming policy in such cases? > >> > >> I sense, it those packages should be named after software > >> they provide: > >> > >> https://github.com/defunkt/gist -> gist and gist-git > >> https://github.com/ConradIrwin/jist -> jist and jist-git > >> https://github.com/mattikus/pygist -> pygist and pygist-git > >> > >> Their implementation language is displayed in dependencies. > > > > normally we have a convention about libs: > > > > example: python2-yenc (this is not a standalone app but a lib that might > > be needed for apps) > > Right, that makes perfect sense. > > > in the case of an application, for example depending on python2 the > > recommended way of packaging is just use the application name. > > > > example sabnzbd (depends on python2, is written in python but is an > > application, not a lib) > > > > so i would say your naming scheme is correct. > > Thanks, I'll suggest to rename ruby-jist to jist. > > Best regards, > -- > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Someone did it but did notify it here. so you know it is done thx -- Ike
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