Hello,
On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 20:56, Markus Elfring wrote:
Hello,
Package names play an important role for the resolution of software dependencies.
I came along another example for a specific name pattern.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/libXScrnSaver/
This name does not include a main version number so far. Are there any circumstances when this technical detail will matter more?
I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking under what circumstances you should put the version number in the package name?
If yes, then I think this section answers that question: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Naming#Multiple_packages_with_the_s...
If not, the please rephrase the question.
Regards, Dominik