A good name for development branch releases package

Wed Dec 1 16:56:52 UTC 2021

Well, why not, I like that. Only slight disadvantage to bind9-dev is it
is never called similar way by ISC in any document. It is short,
understandable, without conflicts. Describes well purpose and difference
of that release also.

Thank you for this suggestion, an excellent candidate!

On 12/1/21 15:38, Petr Špaček wrote:
> If you don't like nginx naming, then what about Linux kernel naming:
> bind-next (similarly linux-next)?
>
> Petr Špaček
>
>
> On 01. 12. 21 13:07, pemensik at redhat.com (Petr Menšík) wrote:
>> Mainline seems strange term to me. I think it should be used also by ISC
>> to identify that major version. When I download an archive, it uses
>> Development status. Is mainline word ever used in any documentation for
>> BIND9? I have never seen that in any article. I would like to use
>> something users can recognize, not to learn by trying.
>>
>> I know Debian uses -dev suffix for header files, just like we use -devel
>> on Fedora. bind-devel package already exists, it cannot be the new
>> package name. Development word is a bit overused. bind9-dev might
>> confuse user from Debian world, but is short enough and would use ISC
>> terminology.
>>
>> When reading [1], I think bind9-odd might be also name of the package.
>> But that name seems even more confusing. It would kind of discourage its
>> use.
>>
>> 1. https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01540
>>
>> On 11/30/21 19:19, Ond?ej Sur? wrote:
>>> I quite like the nginx naming - stable and mainline.
>>>
>>> Ond?ej
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>>>> On 30. 11. 2021, at 16:10, Petr Men??k <pemensik at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ?Hello BIND users,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to add a new package of recent BIND9 development
>>>> release to
>>>> Fedora [1] distribution. Current "bind" package contains build of
>>>> stable
>>>> branch 9.16.x release. I think it would be good to keep stable
>>>> releases
>>>> available in Fedora. We still use just bind without 9 suffix.
>>>> Theoretically another "bind9" could contain more recent releases.
>>>> But I
>>>> would like to reserve it for current bind package.
>>>>
>>>> One alternative would be using major version in package name. But I
>>>> think one the latest stable release one the latest development
>>>> releases
>>>> would be always enough. bind package should be updated when 9.18.0 is
>>>> released. I think development package should follow and upgrade to
>>>> 9.19.0 as soon as possible. I would prefer single development package
>>>> rolling with major development releases.
>>>>
>>>> COPR repository of ISC uses "bind9-dev" name. Would you recommend that
>>>> name? I kind of like it. Slight disadvantage of this name is
>>>> similarity
>>>> with development headers subpackage, which uses common suffix "-devel"
>>>> on Fedora. Development headers are still needed by bind-dyndb-ldap
>>>> plugin. It uses bind-devel package now, similar alternative of
>>>> development release would be "bind9-dev-devel". It does look like
>>>> strange.
>>>>
>>>> Would you help me with a better proposal? What do you think about
>>>> it? I
>>>> don't expect development releases to ever reach Red Hat Enterprise
>>>> Linux
>>>> directly, but it might be build as Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
>>>> with community support.
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to support installation of both stable and development
>>>> packages on single system. It would conflict and only one would
>>>> have to
>>>> be choosen.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any distribution offering already two releases at the same
>>>> time? Would you have some idea, how should it be called? Do you like
>>>> "bind9-dev" base name?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Petr
>>>>
>>>> 1. https://getfedora.org
>>>>
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