>>>>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Michał Górny wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:20:19 +0200 > Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> "Gentoo usually builds its packages from source. Exceptionally, >> a binary package can be provided instead (e.g., if upstream doesn't >> provide a source) or in addition. Such packages should still follow >> normal naming conventions and don't need any special suffix. > I think this contradicts the next paragraph. The 'or in addition' is > followed by a statement that it doesn't need any special suffix. Good catch. Strike "or in addition" from the second sentence. >> If a binary package is provided in addition to its source-based >> equivalent, the name of the former should be suffixed with '-bin' >> for distinction." > I think this could collide with Chrome vs Chromium. One could call > Chromium a 'source-based equivalent' of Chrome, and therefore require > the '-bin' suffix even though the names do not collide. Hm, s/for distinction/if necessary for distinction/ ? Ulrich
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