On 04/09/11 at 16:25 -0700, Ryan Niebur wrote: > Hi Francesco, > > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 11:53:59PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > > > > I've uploaded a new version of dpkg-ruby, so libdpkg-ruby1.8 can > > > be replaced by dpkg-ruby (>= 3.7.7). > > > > Hi Ryan! > > > > Shouldn't it be ruby-dpkg, rather than dpkg-ruby, according to the new > > Ruby Debian package naming scheme? > > > > Yeah, I debated a bit about this. > > There was already the package dpkg-ruby, containing the scripts > dpkg-ruby and dpkg-checkdeps. I assume that these are used by some > people because popcon says there are 141 installs (and this is all > that was in that package before). > > I considered the options of having a "dpkg-ruby" package, a > "ruby-dpkg" package, or both. It seemed confusing to move the tool > named "dpkg-ruby" to a package named "ruby-dpkg", and it also seemed > confusing to have both a "dpkg-ruby" and "ruby-dpkg" package, so I > left it as "dpkg-ruby". > > Anyways, I'm open to changing this decision if people agree that I made > the wrong one. I expected that I could have.
I think that it's better to switch to the new "standard" naming scheme and get rid of all alternative naming schemes. Please introduce a transitional package. Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
