On 08/05/11 17:16, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
On Sun, 08 May 2011, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote:
Might you consider using tinarng as the package name, please?
TRNG is commonly used as the abbreviation of True Random Number
Generator (and variations, such as thruly random number generator).
It could cause some confusion. Really, upstream should have known
better...
At the very least, change the short description to add "pseudo".
Hi Henrique! Thanks for the feedback! I've consulted with upstream
and we both agree that renaming the library would be a bit
unfortunate due to incompatibility. Upstream and I agree that your
suggestion of including "pseudo" in the short description is a very
good idea, so I've done that.
I am not suggesting a rename of the library itself (although THAT would
be the best option in the long term). I am asking for a rename of the
*Debian package*, only. Users would still easily find it, provided that
you add "libtrng" and "trng" in the full description somewhere to ease
searching.
Besides, it is a library: maintainers will find it easily enough to add
as a dependency, and our automated find-the-library-package scripts
(such as auto-apt and friends) do NOT rely upon the package name or
descriptions at all, instead they look for lib<foo> in the *filesystem
contents* of the packages.
So, please consider renaming the *PACKAGE* to tinarng.
Ok, that makes sense. I was (most likely incorrectly) under the impression that
the names (package and library file) had to be the same, since I previously got
a lintian warning about this (before I included the 4-0 in libtrng4-0).
However, I'll read up here regarding package names:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html
Anyway, if I change the package name, would I need to report a second ITP with a
different package name, or can an upload of a renamed package close this
particular ITP?
- Torquil
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