[arch-general] virtualbox additions package naming

Auguste Pop auguste at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 11:21:37 EDT 2011


On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Ionut Biru <ibiru at 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.
>
>
> --
> Ionuț
>

i am thinking making a group virtualbox containing virtualbox-core and
virtualbox-additions, and a group virtualbox-arch-guest containing
virtualbox-guest-additions and virtualbox-guest-modules.


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