Re: Ubuntu derivative package naming guidelines

2007-03-16 Thread Fabrizio Balliano
hi to all > As such, I would like to discuss some package naming guidelines for > Ubuntu based derivatives. maybe we should have a dedicated mailing list (ubuntu-derivatives-devel :-) ) but anyway coming to the point of discussion, I think I would: - build my own repository - build my package - c

Re: Ubuntu derivative package naming guidelines

2007-03-15 Thread Scott Ritchie
One thing to take advantage of is the use of the ~ character, which APT treats as "lower" than a package not containing it. This allows version "2.4~unofficial-backport" to be replaced by version "2.4" When derivative packages are being made with the expectation that the user will eventually repl