FS#11594 - inconsistent lib naming

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Christ Schlacta (aarcane) - Saturday, 27 September 2008, 00:11 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 05 October 2008, 10:52 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

lib packages have somewhat inconsistent names. for example:
libmysqlclient
postgresql-libs

I've noticed other examples of this in the past, and I think libs should be renamed more consistently so that when looking for a lib, you can just type in libwhatever instead of having to guess which name format the library uses or search for it in the package db.
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Sunday, 05 October 2008, 10:52 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 05 October 2008, 10:52 GMT
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=-libs
1) *-libs is the minority, and all of them are named this way either because upstream does this or because there are more than one lib in a package (and it was splitted from another package)
2) libmysqlclient contains only one lib, postgresql-libs contains more, and neither of them is called libpostgresql

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