[Gpe-list] libschedule -> libgpeschedule ?

Florian Boor florian.boor at kernelconcepts.de
Mon Oct 8 12:55:12 CEST 2007


Hi,

sorry for the long delay, I should have answered that earlier.

Neil Williams wrote:
> Re-sending this without a GnuPG signature as a last-ditch effort to get
> it through whatever filtering is preventing me posting to the list. If
> this gets through, please can someone look at the attachment detection
> code so that GnuPG signatures are allowed? Ta.

you are right, we had this problem before but I must admit that I have no idea
which Mailman setting does prevent this.

> It's not always ideal to choose a common word for a library package and
> when I first packaged libschedule for Debian (aiming eventually at
> Emdebian), I wanted to make sure that libschedule was clearly identified
> as related to GPE and not related to lots of other programs out there
> that may have something to do with scheduling but not GPE. So I renamed
> libschedule as libgpeschedule using patches for Debian.

I think we should apply that upstream - any opinion from the maintainer?

> libsoundgen and libhandoff are OK. I know GPE has been developing
> nicely as a stand-alone environment but if having GPE in Debian is a
> GoodThing(tm) then it would be nice to consider issues outside GPE when
> creating or transitioning libraries.

These two are not really specific or depending on other GPE bits, so I would try
to avoid changing their names unless there is a conflict with another package.

Greetings

Florian

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