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Re: [opensuse-packaging] [RFC] Proposal: Distribution Branding (RC2)
  • From: Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:31:03 +0100
  • Message-id: <200803061231.03705.coolo@xxxxxxx>
Am Donnerstag 06 März 2008 schrieb Stephan Binner:
On Monday, 3. March 2008 15:34:29 Stanislav Brabec wrote:
This technique is useful for:
- Providing custom default bookmarks.

Way more: default feeds, IRC channels, desktop icons, browser home pages...

Package names
All branding packages names should consist from three parts - package
core name, string "-branding-" and the branding name. A special

Will be eg kdebase4-openSUSE (next to kdebase4-openSUSE-branding-openSUSE?)
still be allowed in future!? Hint: it adds distro-specific functionality.

If it's functionality and not branding, then it's not conflicting with the
policy. But you have to be careful with what you split and what not.

Of course kdebase4-openSUSE-branding-openSUSE is a maximaly stupid name,
but that's what policies do :)

Greetings, Stephan

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