Re: Choosing a package name

Stefan Karrmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. Use /package/host/localhost.

A different area of /package/host would be better, if you have a
publicly registered domain.

>    But then I have to move most of them upwards after registration
>    which increases the work.

Just leave a symlink in the old location pointing to the new one.
Remove it when there are no longer any packages relying on the old
name.

> 3. Use naming like `registration_year:name', e.g.
>    `2002:admin/daemontools'.

I don't see what benefit this is supposed to provide.  (Nit: colons
are prohibited in package names.)

> PS: If you really want to keep directories small, you should use many
>     slashes, e.g. 20/02/:a/dm/in/da/em/on/to/ol/s-/0./72 or even a
>     slash after every byte.

I don't think we need them to be *that* small.


paul