Mainline seems strange term to me. I think it should be used also by ISC to identify that major version. When I download an archive, it uses Development status. Is mainline word ever used in any documentation for BIND9? I have never seen that in any article. I would like to use something users can recognize, not to learn by trying.
I know Debian uses -dev suffix for header files, just like we use -devel on Fedora. bind-devel package already exists, it cannot be the new package name. Development word is a bit overused. bind9-dev might confuse user from Debian world, but is short enough and would use ISC terminology. When reading [1], I think bind9-odd might be also name of the package. But that name seems even more confusing. It would kind of discourage its use. 1. https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01540 On 11/30/21 19:19, Ondřej Surý wrote: > I quite like the nginx naming - stable and mainline. > > Ondřej > -- > Ondřej Surý — ISC (He/Him) > > My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel > obligated to reply outside your normal working hours. > >> On 30. 11. 2021, at 16:10, Petr Menšík <pemen...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> Hello BIND users, >> >> I would like to add a new package of recent BIND9 development release to >> Fedora [1] distribution. Current "bind" package contains build of stable >> branch 9.16.x release. I think it would be good to keep stable releases >> available in Fedora. We still use just bind without 9 suffix. >> Theoretically another "bind9" could contain more recent releases. But I >> would like to reserve it for current bind package. >> >> One alternative would be using major version in package name. But I >> think one the latest stable release one the latest development releases >> would be always enough. bind package should be updated when 9.18.0 is >> released. I think development package should follow and upgrade to >> 9.19.0 as soon as possible. I would prefer single development package >> rolling with major development releases. >> >> COPR repository of ISC uses "bind9-dev" name. Would you recommend that >> name? I kind of like it. Slight disadvantage of this name is similarity >> with development headers subpackage, which uses common suffix "-devel" >> on Fedora. Development headers are still needed by bind-dyndb-ldap >> plugin. It uses bind-devel package now, similar alternative of >> development release would be "bind9-dev-devel". It does look like strange. >> >> Would you help me with a better proposal? What do you think about it? I >> don't expect development releases to ever reach Red Hat Enterprise Linux >> directly, but it might be build as Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux >> with community support. >> >> I don't want to support installation of both stable and development >> packages on single system. It would conflict and only one would have to >> be choosen. >> >> Is there any distribution offering already two releases at the same >> time? Would you have some idea, how should it be called? Do you like >> "bind9-dev" base name? >> >> Regards, >> Petr >> >> 1. https://getfedora.org >> >> -- >> Petr Menšík >> Software Engineer >> Red Hat, http://www.redhat.com/ >> email: pemen...@redhat.com >> PGP: DFCF908DB7C87E8E529925BC4931CA5B6C9FC5CB >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to >> unsubscribe from this list >> >> ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. >> Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. >> >> >> bind-users mailing list >> bind-users@lists.isc.org >> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Petr Menšík Software Engineer Red Hat, http://www.redhat.com/ email: pemen...@redhat.com PGP: DFCF908DB7C87E8E529925BC4931CA5B6C9FC5CB _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users