xorg-x11- packaging prefix

dragoran dragoran at feuerpokemon.de
Wed May 3 10:58:21 UTC 2006


Axel Thimm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Should packages with source from outside of the xorg-x11 tree carry
> this prefix (e.g. ivtv, nvidia, ati, etc)? E.g. is this a prefix like
> often used "for <prefix>" or is it a cendor prefix, e.g. "by
> <prefix>"?
>
> How would a 3rd party driver package be best named?
> xorg-x11-drv-<driver> or <3rd-party-vendor>-drv-<driver>?
>   

I would say use

xorg-x11-drv-<driver>

the second one only confuses users.




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