On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 12:14, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > I'm in two minds whether or not to ask this, but I've been wondering > about the naming scheme for linux packages - kernel-*. Why not > linux-kernel-* or linux-* ? If alternative kernels in debian become > more popular, is there a potential for confusion in the future?
When I search for packages, I think I'd prefer (assuming I want to see all kernel- type packages), I'd prefer kernel-linux-*, kernel-hurd-*, kernel-freebsd-*, etc.
