Hi! I am trying to package [1] the scientific visualisation and data plotting software Plplot. The intention is to push it to a devel project and then to Factory by the next Milestone. However, I am facing a few problems with the naming policy to be adhered to for the shared-library and *-devel sub-packages provided by plplot. I have gone through the guidelines for shared library package names [2] and have tried to strictly adhere to it (because I want this package to end up in factory later). However, this has lead to several sub-packages having awful names such as:- 1. libplplotqtd0 : provides the shared library libplplotqtd.so.0 (I have no problem with this name, though Fedora uses the prettier name plplot-qt for this) 2. plplotqtd-devel : -devel package that depends on the libplplotqtd0 shared library alone and thus apparently has to have such a name (otherwise RPMLint complains). If I wanted to name this package as plplot-qt-devel instead, would this be possible, without violating the guidelines? (Fedora uses plplot-qt-devel, and I think that's a better name for this package) Similarly for the sub-package plplottcltk-devel, which depends on the shlib libplplottcltk9.so.9. While I have no problem with the shlib package names themselves (as these packages will invariably be installed as dependencies and not by an user), to name the devel packages in accordance with the shlib package makes the name look awful and difficult for a user to search for the package. I would expect a user to search for the package plplot-qt-devel when he/she wants the qt development files for plplot. If someone could tell me if it possible for the -devel package depending on a single shlib package to have a different name instead of following the shlib package name closely, without getting rpmlint to throw warnings, it would be a big help. Thanks, and bye -- Atri [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=plplot&project=home:badshah400 [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Shared_library_packaging_policy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org