On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:36:55AM -0800, Stephen Hahn wrote:

> * Laszlo (Laca) Peter <laca at sun.com> [2006-12-13 19:54]:
>
> > I propose that packaging should follow the GNU package naming and
> > package boundaries, with the addition of the /usr and / filesystem
> > split, e.g.:
> > 
> >     which     ->  SUNWwhich
> >     coreutils ->  SUNWcoreutils
> > 
> > This would make updating individual GNU packages a lot easier and
> > cleaner.
> 
>   I agree with the boundary proposed; will add to cases.

I like this, too, though I might stick a "gnu" in there somewhere.  Perhaps
SUNWgnu-<component>?  That takes up eight characters, leaving twenty-four
for the component name, which ought to be sufficient.

Danek

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