Re: Question re RPM Package Naming

Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigobdarkover.org> wrote:

>>
My suggestion would be .el5.lesbell.XXX.rpm, at it will both
identify
the distro and the source of the package.
<<

Oh, I couldn't do that - modesty forbids, etc. Anyone who
needs to know who
to blame will know to use "rpm -qi" to track the
packager down. In any
case, that leaves an ambiguity; is the package for the OUP's
el5, or CentOS
el5? I suspect there's also a complication with whose GPG
key is used to
sign the distributed package, too.

For my own part, I'd prefer the
".el5.centos.xxx.rpm" designation, but I'd
like to know the canonically correct way to do this.

Best,

--- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 01:36:59PM +1000, Les Bell wrote:
> 
> Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigobdarkover.org> wrote:
> 
> >>
> My suggestion would be .el5.lesbell.XXX.rpm, at it will
both identify
> the distro and the source of the package.
> <<
> 
> Oh, I couldn't do that - modesty forbids, etc. Anyone
who needs to know who
> to blame will know to use "rpm -qi" to track
the packager down. In any
> case, that leaves an ambiguity; is the package for the
OUP's el5, or CentOS
> el5? 

Since it is not an official package of either of them, it
really makes
no difference, does it ?

> I suspect there's also a complication with whose GPG
key is used to
> sign the distributed package, too.

Yours, of course.

> For my own part, I'd prefer the
".el5.centos.xxx.rpm" designation, but I'd
> like to know the canonically correct way to do this.

That is the cannonically correct way to do official
packages. But if you
are submiting something that will end up in EXTRAS, you
don't need to
worry about that, since it will most likely require other
modifications.

A good middle term solution would be to contribute your
package to the
rpmforge guys. They are the official non-official package
repository
for CentOS 

[]s

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted
(Wyld Stallyns)

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