From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Dec 9 05:31:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA22098 for ports-outgoing; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 05:31:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mozart.american.com (mozart.american.com [204.253.96.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA22093 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 05:31:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mozart.american.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA00103 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 08:31:15 -0500 Message-Id: <199512091331.IAA00103@mozart.american.com> X-Authentication-Warning: mozart.american.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package names In-reply-to: asami's message of Fri, 08 Dec 1995 17:55:26 -0800. <199512090155.RAA14926@forgery.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-to: pgf@American.COM Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 08:31:15 -0500 From: Paul Fox Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > However, I'm not sure how we can add this without potential clashes > with the original versions. For instance, there ARE xv-3.10a, > Xaw3d-1.2a, etc., on the original master sites...also, letters as `a' > or `b' are often used to mean "alpha" "beta" and such, or small > changes (like in the case of xv and Xaw3d examples). doesn't this problem exist? there is already the potential for a name clash between the freebsd package name and the name of the distribution on the original site (though i assume this tends to be avoided during the original port). seems like you'd need to add something more descriptive to the name (e.g. xv-3.10a.freebsd-pkg1.1.tgz :-) to avoid it. paul --------------------- paul fox american internet corporation pgf@american.com (home: pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us)