Bug#253511: provide guideline to keep the package namespace sane

Holger Levsen <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:03:44 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:36:35AM +0200, Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas wrote:
> http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html is no more, and the newer
> https://ftp-master.debian.org/reject.html says nothing about package names.
> 
> there's probably something to be said:
> 
> - against common, unqualified words especially ones that represent a whole class
>   of applications (e.g. reader, browser)
> - in favor of qualifying names based on:
>   - the platform they apply to (e.g. elpa-, vim-, neovim-, lib* for libraries)
>   - relevant packaging teams' conventions (e.g. -perl, golang-, etc)
> 
> would you accept a patch along those lines? anything else to add?

sure! (depends on the patch though! ;)


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	Holger

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