On 07/19/2011 09:12 PM, Ray Rashif wrote:
On 19 July 2011 22:12, Ionut Biru<ibiru@archlinux.org> wrote:
I've been criticized a lot because I choose poorly the name for guest additions.
Right now the packages are like this:
virtualbox-addtitions - contains the iso with guest additions for linux/windows/etc and is installed on host virtualbox-guest-additions - contains guest additions only for an arch linux system as guest. virtualbo-guest-modules - modules only for an arch linux system as guest.
Now that virtualbox 4.1 is released I need help choosing this names.
From:
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-December/012747.html
I proposed (descriptions are case-sensitive):
virtualbox-additions -> virtualbox-guest-additions (consistent with upstream and history) desc: "The VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO/CD image"
virtualbox-guest-additions -> virtualbox-additions-linux ('guest' not important; shall be implied by description) desc: "Additions for Linux guests (userspace tools)"
virtualbox-guest-modules -> virtualbox-modules-linux (as above) desc: "Additions for Linux guests (kernel modules)"
I still stand by that scheme, except:
The 'additions' and 'linux' may swap places, and 'linux' may be substituted for 'archlinux'. As for why I think it is not utterly important to have 'arch' anywhere:
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-December/012751.html
So, an alternative (revised) proposal:
virtualbox-additions -> virtualbox-guest-additions desc: "The official all-in-one VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO/CD image"
virtualbox-guest-additions -> virtualbox-archlinux-additions desc: "Additions only for Arch Linux guests (userspace tools)"
I'm concern about this replace and I don't know if pacman can handle this well enough. Does pacman accept a versioned replace to not conflict with the newly virtual-guest-additions? replaces=(virtualbox-guest-additions<4.1) ? I don't want to hit this case: virtualbox-additions replaced by virtual-guest-addtions 4.1.0 virtualbox-guest-addtions 4.0.12 replaced by virtualbox-archlinux-addtions 4.1.0 virtualbox-guest-additions 4.1.0 replaced by virtualbox-archlinux-addtions 4.1.0
virtualbox-guest-modules -> virtualbox-archlinux-modules desc: "Additions only for Arch Linux guests (kernel modules)"
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