[Fedora-packaging] Naming Policy (first draft)

[Matthias Saou]

Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote :

> Working as fast as I can... here is the first draft of the Naming Policy
> for Fedora Extras. Its not 100% complete yet, there are at least two
> sections missing, but it covers the bases for most new packagers.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageNamingGuidelines
> 
> Feedback is welcome, and encouraged.

One thing : In the "Renaming a package" section, you put :

Provides: foo
Obsoletes: foo

I'd prefer having those versionned to the version of the last known package
released with that name, in case the package should be renamed back some
day. Typically :

You have foo = 1.0-1 that you want to rename to libfoo, then :

Provides: foo = %{version}-%{release}
Obsoletes: foo <= 1.0-1

Now, say the upstream project changes the name to "foo" for their 1.1
release... having those versions in will save a lot of trouble for upgrades
and updates when changing back to the new upstream name.

Thoughts?

Matthias

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