What if you call it bind9-git or bind9-snapshot? The monthly releases are development snapshots anyway...
Ondrej -- Ondřej Surý (He/Him) ond...@isc.org > On 1. 12. 2021, at 13:07, Petr Menšík <pemen...@redhat.com> wrote: > > 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