On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:49:24AM +0100, Romain d'Alverny wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 02:07, Olivier Thauvin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am supposed to be the maintainers of this software, required by base > > of the system: > > > > perl-MDV-Distribconf-4.02-1mdv2010.1.src.rpm > > perl-MDV-Packdrakeng-1.13-5mdv2010.1.src.rpm > > > > Should we remove the 'MDV' part ? > > Why should we? > > As I understand it, this is the name of a specific package of Perl > stuff; at most, the "MDV" part is only a name tag (it's not a > registered trademark, barely a brand either) and it shows some > inheritance from MandrakeSoft/Mandriva days, because that's how the > software package was named at the start.
We could also find a recursive acronym : MDV -> MDV Distribution Versionning ? > As Hoyt points out, it would be more relevant to change the tag > if/when/once this code base grows independantly from the original one. Well, we can also ( and I think we should ) aim for keeping compatibility, and in fact, try to avoid forking too much. We can and should collaborate. Now, if some software are dropped ( or about to be ) by upstream, yes, forking would be a alternative. -- Michael Scherer
