On Monday, January 17, 2011 02:44:06 am Michael scherer wrote: > 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.
I agree. Both Disti's do not have enough marketing resources and working together could help that others may do a Mandriva/Mageia package such as Skype, etc. All we find is Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse and of course Debian > > Now, if some software are dropped ( or about to be ) by upstream, yes, > forking would be a alternative. -- Thomas
