On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 22:22 +0100, Aurelien Foret wrote:
Well, pacman is a "package manager", based on the "Arch Linux Package Management" library.
Sure, it's the name of the library we're discussing. And whether that library is a product of Arch Linux or if Arch Linux is a consumer of that library.
To say it all, I would prefer to have the library name connected with Arch Linux. Althought it won't promote Arch Linux around the world, it will somehow be more rewarding for the Arch Linux folks. Indeed, even if a package manager linked with this library comes to be used with another distro, people will know where the tool they're using is coming from.
I see your point and agree completely. Like OpenSS{H,L} :-)
Let's consider "rpm". It stands for "RedHat Package Manager", it is used by many distributions, but people haven't forget where it comes from. If it has been named "apm" (A Packager Manager), would there be a soul on earth knowing something about its roots?
This actually do kind of sucks with RPM being part of the LSB. It shows a good example of a tool that used to be distro specific, no longer are, but still carry a distro specific name.
Nothing definitive, even if, as pointed out by VMiklos, it would turn the CVS repository upside-down :)
Yeah, you ought to love CVS! The superior VCS (of 1988) ;-) BTW: I started reading the 2.x code and almost wet myself when reading pacman.c, the new code after the library split-up is beautiful. Rock on! -- Mark Rosenstand ,;-, ,oOQ Arch Linux /_,K` (ยงยง) Department of Footware ` ` `G