Michel Alexandre Salim salimma@fedoraproject.org writes:
I'm currently reviewing pgRouting: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652533
the packager is currently using "postgresql-pgrouting" as the name, which is alright but a bit long. There does not seem to be a policy for naming DB add-ons yet (though I see a couple of postgresql-* packages).
Would the same policy applied as to, say, the Python add-ons? e.g. "if the name starts with [pP]y then you don't need the python- prefix".
In this case, "pg" would clearly indicate that it's to be used with PostgreSQL.
Please do NOT give it a name starting with "postgresql-". That would cause great confusion because people couldn't tell which RPMs originate with postgresql itself and which originate from other packages.
I don't see anything much wrong with "pgrouting" as the package name.
regards, tom lane