[Fedora-packaging] Re: Namespace for cross-compilation tools?

[Zing]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:14:28 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 08:48 +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote:
>> Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>> > I can see three choices:
>> > 
>> > 1) Ignore the enduser confusion and go with Ralf's naming:
>> >   i386-rtems4.7-binutils-2.16.1-0.20051229.1.fc6.i386.rpm
>> > 
>> > 2) Namespace the whole thing:
>> >   cross-i386-rtems4.7-binutils-2.16.1-0.20051229.1.fc6.i386.rpm
>> > 
>> > 3) Play games with the '-' to avoid the "it's an rpm separator"
>> > association:
>> >   i386_rtems4.7_binutils-2.16.1-0.20051229.1.fc6.i386.rpm
>> > 
>> > FWIW, I think #2 has the most precedent.
>> 
>> +1 on #2
> 
> -10 on #2
> Redundant info, over engineering, featuritis.
> Users don't need to know it's a cross compiler/cross-toolchain nor do I
> see any need why this should be necessary.
> 
> -maxint on #3
> confusing.
> 
> Ralf

FWIW, +1 on #2 speaking as an end-user aesthetic (i like the namespace
cross-* gives me).

Or what about a virtual provides of "crosscompiler" as a compromise? 

zing