Package prefix suggestions?

Donnie Berkholz spyderous at gentoo.org
Mon Apr 5 13:55:03 PDT 2004


Keith Packard said:
>
> Around 15 o'clock on Apr 5, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>
>> 1) XOrg
>> 2) X
>> 3) X11
>
> Given the non-descript suffixes you're using, I'd suggest either xorg or
>  x11, at least those are relatively descriptive while 'x' is not well
> bound.

I'm thinking xorg-* or xorg-x11-* (all lowercase, that's how our naming
scheme works). The second might make more sense with a name of 'xorg-x11'
and a version of '6.7.0.' Since it's conceivable X.Org will release more
than one thing, just calling it XOrg might not be the best idea.

Donnie





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