On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 03:48:50PM +0100, xavier grave wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ben Hutchings a écrit : > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 02:55:17PM +0000, xavier wrote: > >> Package: wnpp > >> Severity: wishlist > >> Owner: xavier <xavier.gr...@ipno.in2p3.fr> > >> > >> > >> * Package name : libxmlezout > > [...] > > > > Library packages that don't have a C or C++ interface normally include the > > language name somewhere in the name. Most of the existing Ada libraries > > appear to have 'ada' at the end of the name, so this package would be > > 'libxmlezoutada'. > > Please can you point me to the Debian policy that I should read to have > a clear understanding of your point ? > Because if it seems right for example for perl (4.2 in > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packages.html) > , nothing like that is stated for Ada as far as I can understand > (http://people.debian.org/~lbrenta/debian-ada-policy.html). libaws is a > counter example to your statement.
I wasn't aware of that policy (it is not linked from <http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals>). This is just general practice and might not be right for Ada. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When you say `I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare ... and say `Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'. - Linus Torvalds
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