Re: proper name for userspace package?

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

Ryusuke Konishi wrote:
> (Cc added to Debian maintainer)
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:29:38 -0500, Eric Sandeen <sandeen-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I'm wondering what the preferred name is for the userspace package.
>>
>> The tarball is "nilfs-utils" but debian has "nilfs2-tools" - is there a
>> preference, or is this a debian convention that caused the rename?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Eric
> 
> I don't know the how and why.  The btrfs was also packaged with the
> "-tools" convention in Debian.  On the one hand, we can see all the
> convensions like "-utils", "-tools", and "progs" there.
> 
> Personally, I like the "-tools" convension for new ones.
> 
> Regards,
> Ryusuke Konishi
> 

Ok, thanks.  If it was due to a debian convention, then I may wind up
following the Fedora convention (if there is one ;)

-Eric