Hello Nick, Am 16.02.2018 um 23:45 schrieb Nick Østergaard: ... > So what did the final naming become? > > According to the PPA it looks like: > https://code.launchpad.net/~js-reynaud/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-kicad/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=artful > > kicad-library (not sure what this does) > kicad-library-all (date of this is older than the packages, but I guess > this is a meta package) > kicad-library-footprints > kicad-library-packages3d > kicad-library-symbols > kicad-library-templates > > While on the figure on your page I see: > https://wiki.debian.org/KiCad > kicad-libraries (meta package for footprint, symbols and templates) > kicad-footprint > kicad-packages3d > kicad-symbols > kicad-templates
I can't speak for Jean-Samuel but I can say something about where we have got an agreement on package names. Packages what are existing in Debian are typically will be included into Ubuntu as well and this mostly automatically. So of this Ubuntu has the same KiCad packages like know in Debian. PPAs are a bit different as the first character 'P' stands for 'P'ersonal and by this PPAs have no direct relationship to Debian or Ubuntu. But users can add a PPA repository like other repositories too like the repository for 3rd Parties and that's what PPAs are meant for. So this all has some indirect relations to other repositories and the naming and versions are getting a greater meaning if done right. If a package exists in more than one repository the higher version will win the selection and that's why we concluded we need to have the same naming schema. Package names need to be shortest as possible but also need a uniqueness for identification. And files in a folder can only be provided by one package if no control information and needed action on this can be added in both of the packages. So the biggest gain we can have in both worlds is to take care on the needs of each other. What does that mean? I suggested that it would be better if we do some rethinking of the package names that Jean-Samuel is currently using. So we decided to do the following changes. Most of the new packages Jean-Samuel has created are fine and I will take them for Debian to, but with a slightly shortening of the package name. rename kicad-library ------------> kicad-libraries (virtual package) rename kicad-library-footprints -> kicad-footprints rename kicad-library-packages3d -> kicad-packages3d rename kicad-library-symbols ----> kicad-symbols rename kicad-library-templates --> kicad-templates adding kicad-demos to the Debian packing too Jean-Samuel is willing to adopt this naming schema once the packages will arise in Ubuntu and adding some extra version string to his packages. By this people will get the major and point releases that will come from Debian into Ubuntu but also one day later a higher version of the same package from the PPA of Jean-Samuel. But for now we are a bit ahead of this all. I need to tweak kicad-packages3d a bit more so it can be accepted by the FTP Masters and afterwards I need to (still) adjust the packaging of the existing src:kicad package. Due day job and other things my time to work on this is limited to the weekends mostly. -- Regards Carsten Schoenert _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp