On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 12:57:58AM +0100, Steven Danna wrote: > Hi, > > My employer recently released a new product (Habitat) that includes a > from-source packaging system [0]. Because I am interested in packaging > software that requires xlib, I was going to start packaging xlib and > its dependencies. > > I have created an "xorg" namespace (origin)[1] in their package > repository and was planning to upload packages to it as I completed > them. > > I'd like to use the xorg namespace so that the packages are grouped > nicely together. But, if you'd prefer I not use the xorg name or if > someone from the xorg project would like to package the software, I > can give control of the xorg namespace to a more appropriate person.
there is plenty of precedence for using xorg to namespace packages. Fedora/RHEL/CentOS use xorg-x11-drv-synaptics for example, Debian uses xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. Using the xorg name in a package name is fine as long as you refrain from suggesting that X.Org endorses your product. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
