[Fedora-packaging] Prefix for database add-on packages?

[Viji V Nair]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> wrote:
> Michel Alexandre Salim <salimma at fedoraproject.org> writes:
>> I'm currently reviewing pgRouting:
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652533
>
>> the packager is currently using "postgresql-pgrouting" as the name, which
>> is alright but a bit long. There does not seem to be a policy for naming
>> DB add-ons yet (though I see a couple of postgresql-* packages).
>
>> Would the same policy applied as to, say, the Python add-ons? e.g.
>> "if the name starts with [pP]y then you don't need the python- prefix".
>
>> In this case, "pg" would clearly indicate that it's to be used with
>> PostgreSQL.
>
> Please do NOT give it a name starting with "postgresql-".  That would
> cause great confusion because people couldn't tell which RPMs originate
> with postgresql itself and which originate from other packages.

As Michel said there are many packages in the repo starts with
postgresql-*, all of them are not a part of the actual postgresql. Eg:
postgresql-pgpool

We need to correct them as well, if possible :)


>
> I don't see anything much wrong with "pgrouting" as the package name.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
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Thanks
Viji