name for a library

Good day, While re-organizing a library I started thinking about what a good name for the library source distribution would be. Let me explain what I mean by good. I am using debian and had packaged a few libraries for private use. I also think that debian's library packaging policy is very well

Re: name for a library

On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 03:18:27PM -0500, Boris Kolpackov wrote: Suppose I have a library core name `foo'. The end product will be say `/usr/lib/libfoo.so.1.2'. So what should I name my source distribution? Before I would name the top level directory just `foo' then, when releasing

name for a library

Good day, While re-organizing a library I started thinking about what a good name for the library source distribution would be. Let me explain what I mean by good. I am using debian and had packaged a few libraries for private use. I also think that debian's library packaging policy is very well

Re: name for a library

On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 03:18:27PM -0500, Boris Kolpackov wrote: Suppose I have a library core name `foo'. The end product will be say `/usr/lib/libfoo.so.1.2'. So what should I name my source distribution? Before I would name the top level directory just `foo' then, when releasing

Change in name of a library package

Hi, I'm packaging the Commom Multimedia Library, from UCL. It is used by some MBone programs such as sdr and rat. The name of the upstream distribution is just "common" (common-1.2.0.tar.gz). When it first entered Debian, (release 1.0.5), it was named uclcommon. Later on (release 1.0.6), its

Change in name of a library package

Hi, I'm packaging the Commom Multimedia Library, from UCL. It is used by some MBone programs such as sdr and rat. The name of the upstream distribution is just common (common-1.2.0.tar.gz). When it first entered Debian, (release 1.0.5), it was named uclcommon. Later on (release 1.0.6), its name