Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages with same name was -> Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

[Mike Kelly <pioto@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, 17 May 2007 00:37:23 +0200
Thilo Bangert <bangert@gentoo.org> wrote:

> > > It isn't different.  That's the problem.  If you have two packages
> > > with the same name, you have the same problem.
> >
> > On that note I would hope the vim/vi peeps would rename.
> > app-vim/ant
> 
> and app-vim/sudo

That's getting the axe in a few weeks.

> > IMHO app-vim/ant should really be app-vim/vim-ant or something other
> > than just ant.
> 
> or app-vim/sudo-syntax and app-vim/ant-syntax as there already are a 
> number of ebuilds following that scheme...

Well, sudo and ant aren't syntax plugins, so that wouldn't make any
sense. Also, we're keeping the same names that the upstream script
writers use, just as we do everywhere else in Gentoo. The whole point
of having category names is so that we can have two packages w/ the
same name and not have issues.

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Mike Kelly
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