hi,


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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Stodden
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:19 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Gimp 1.1.18
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> geoffrey lee wrote:
>
> > no, i did that a couple of days ago. i renamed the package, you see.
> > it's called hackgimp now. 1.1.x is devel ...and it should not be called
> > gimp.
>
> You should reconsider this naming change.  If you must add a "hack",

YES. i must add it. it's development and not the stable version.


> the place is at the end, NOT the beginning.

hackX is the naming scheme for unstable stuff. you have hackparted and
hackperl up on contribs.

hackgimp is still a
> gimp and must appear on the mirrors (rpmfind, etc) under G and under
> gimp, NOT under hack.   I see no value at all in collecting all the
> hack releases together under hack.  Does anyone?
>
> The best way to indicate a hack would be
> gimp-1.1.18-1mdkhack.i586.rpm
>

i will add a provides: gimp in the spec. that way you can search
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/gimp.html which _should_ get you hackgimp.

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> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
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