Re: Policy about command names
On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:39:15PM -0300, Lucas Di Pentima wrote: > Hi there, Hello. > I'm packaging ZABBIX (http://www.zabbix.com), a resource monitor & > agent. The original programs in the upstream source tgz file are > generated with names like this: > > * zabbix_agent > * zabbix_agentd > * zabbix_server > > ..etc... > > I've read somewhere (I think a package's changelog) that the name > "like_this" was changed to "like-this" because of the Debian policy...so > I've searched for this detail on the website but didn't found anything > about that. Is it truth that programs shouldn't have the underscore on > their names? I don't remember any command to have it anyways :-) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])~$ls /usr/bin/* | grep _ | wc -l 71 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])~$ That's my fresh installation (I'm during migration to new box). Please DON'T rename binaries names. It only confuses users and often makes examples in documentation not working. regards fEnIo -- ,''`. Bartosz Fenski | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | pgp:0x13fefc40 | irc:fEnIo : :' : 32-050 Skawina - Glowackiego 3/15 - w. malopolskie - Poland `. `' phone:+48602383548 | proud Debian maintainer and user `- http://skawina.eu.org | jid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | rlu:172001 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Policy about command names
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:39:15 -0300 Lucas Di Pentima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it truth that programs shouldn't have the underscore on > their names? No. > I don't remember any command to have it anyways :-) Are you using debhelper for making you package? If answer is yes, you need read your debian/rules again, really. If not, install it and type "dh_" and pres tab... ;) -- Ricardo Mones Lastra - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Centro de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad de Oviedo en Gijon 33271 Asturias, SPAIN. - http://www.aic.uniovi.es/mones -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Policy about command names
Ricardo Mones wrote, On 22/04/05 12:53: >>I don't remember any command to have it anyways :-) > Are you using debhelper for making you package? > If answer is yes, you need read your debian/rules again, really. > If not, install it and type "dh_" and pres tab... ;) Hehehe, you're right :-) thanks all for your answers!! Cheers -- Lucas Di Pentima - Santa Fe, Argentina - Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LUNIX S.R.L. - Soluciones en GNU/Linux - http://www.lunix.com.ar GnuPG Public Key: http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6AA54FC9 Key fingerprint = BD3B 08C4 661A 8C3B 1855 740C 8F98 3FCF 6AA5 4FC9 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Policy about command names
This one time, at band camp, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo said: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:39:15PM -0300, Lucas Di Pentima wrote: > > Hi there, > > Hello. > > > I'm packaging ZABBIX (http://www.zabbix.com), a resource monitor & > > agent. The original programs in the upstream source tgz file are > > generated with names like this: > > > > * zabbix_agent > > * zabbix_agentd > > * zabbix_server > > > > ..etc... > > > > I've read somewhere (I think a package's changelog) that the name > > "like_this" was changed to "like-this" because of the Debian policy...so > > I've searched for this detail on the website but didn't found anything > > about that. Is it truth that programs shouldn't have the underscore on > > their names? I don't remember any command to have it anyways :-) > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])~$ls /usr/bin/* | grep _ | wc -l > 71 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])~$ > > That's my fresh installation (I'm during migration to new box). > Please DON'T rename binaries names. It only confuses users and often makes > examples in documentation not working. I think there's a confusion here between binary names, and binary package names. The packages should be named zabbix-agent zabbix-agentd zabbix-server But the binaries themselves should retain their original names, so as not to introduce needless incompatibility with the rest of the world. -- - | ,''`.Stephen Gran | | : :' :[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `'Debian user, admin, and developer | |`- http://www.debian.org | - pgp89guQ6aOIk.pgp Description: PGP signature
