package, package2, package3 naming-with-version exploit

2013-03-28 Thread juanmabc
Just today i check updates, gnome-desktop3 was there, i didn't notice it but it is following the gtk3 naming scheme, and, what i think is happening more than desired, a lot of packages just kept going doing it. I see an overuse or exploit or package names vs versions, which both terms are very

Re: package, package2, package3 naming-with-version exploit

2013-03-28 Thread juanmabc
I see from a first glance that the main reason to keep this way is gonna be easy packaging and less trouble. To the easiness, i am pretty sure that it would me much easier to run an existing operative system than developing a completely rewritten from scratch as Linux, yet it happened for some

Re: package, package2, package3 naming-with-version exploit

2013-03-28 Thread juanmabc
Adam Williamson wrote: >I'm not sure that 'fixing' it provides any significant benefit other than >looking tidy in pontificating emails. I mean, what's the actual problem caused >by 'gnome-desktop' vs. 'gnome-desktop3'? I think its clear, and also seems clear there is not much willing to code/imp

Re: package, package2, package3 naming-with-version exploit

2013-03-28 Thread juanmabc
On Thursday 28 March 2013 14:43:06 James Antill wrote: > I agree this is a problem, everyone who knows how Fedora packaging > works has said, to you, some variant of: > The technical problem is being able to install multiple versions of a > package, and you can do that now (and have been able to

Re: package, package2, package3 naming-with-version exploit

2013-03-28 Thread juanmabc
On Thursday 28 March 2013 12:13:05 seth vidal wrote: > The trouble is this - the solution you and others have suggested > doesn't actually solve the problem it just moves it around. It also > makes the situation of dep resolution and global updates that much more > difficult. Which makes the manage