[arch-general] virtualbox additions package naming

Pataricza Zsolt siriusb at linuxmail.org
Tue Jul 19 11:11:29 EDT 2011


On 2011-07-19 16:12, Ionut Biru 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.
>
>
My 2 cents:

virtualbox-additions-arch-host
virtualbox-additions-arch-guest
virtualbox-modules-arch-guest

Cheers,
Zsolt


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