[gentoo-dev] package naming

[Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>]

Hi list.

I've been working on getting a Gentoo version of Debians resolvconf package 
into portage. It's basically a re-write of the internals (which I don't like) 
but the command line, setup and plugin system are 100% compatible (except for 
the plugins which may need one line changing). As such, I've credited the 
original author (Thomas Hood) and basically said this is a Gentoo re-write. 
It's all good to go and all dhcp clients in portage and openvpn have patches 
ready for its optional support. dhcp (dhclient) and ppp have already been 
patched in portage.

Now, if the commandline is the same, should the package name be the same? If 
so, what version number should I be using? It's currently just called 
resolvconf-0.1

Thoughts?

BTW, baselayout-1.12 has always had a resolv.conf management system, but that 
was coded on a per package basis - resolvconf allows each package to inject 
dns setup without being reliant on baselayout. So baselayout-1.12.0_pre17 
will be a fair bit lighter!

Thanks

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Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>
Gentoo Linux Developer
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