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 replace them (say, when a newer version of Ubuntu comes out), then the use of the ~ can avoid breakages. Thanks, Scott Ritchie On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 18:24 -0500, David Farning wrote: > One of the challenges of creating the Derivative Team [1] is managing > the chaos introduced by the large variety of distributions[2]. > > As such, I would like to discuss some package naming guidelines for > Ubuntu based derivatives. > > The two basic uses cases are customized packages and new packages. > > 1a. The French localization team is interested in customizing a package > to make it local specific. > > 1b. The Newbuntu organization is interested in shipping a non-standard > version of a package. > > 2. The Newbuntu organization is interested in shipping a package that is > not in the Ubuntu archives. > > The catalyst for this discussion is avoiding the difficulties presented > when debugging and upgrading automatics packages. > > 1. We want to make it obviously clear where a particular packages came > from for debugging purposes. > > 2. We want to make it obviously clear when upgrading that a non standard > upgrade path is being taken. > > Would it be appropriate to establish a standard where customized, > non-standard, or new packages are prefaced by their distribution name. > > For example: > > firefox becomes Newbuntu-firefox > mplayer becomes automatic-mplayer > > This follows that established pattern of ubuntu-desktop becoming > kubuntu-desktop. > > 1. wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam > 2. wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives > > thanks > -- > David Farning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
