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From: "Shakthi Kannan" <shakthimaan(a)gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of RPM packaging standards and practices for Fedora"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:00:33 PM
Subject: [Fedora-packaging] Using upstream unusual package name
If an upstream package uses an unusual name, such as brainf*ck, is it
okay to use the same for a Fedora package name?
Hi Shakthi,
Please read Naming Guidelines [1] carefully.
As you see, "star" (*) character is not allowed in Fedora package name.
[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Common_Character...
Kind regards,
Tuan