Hi,

Please consider to rename your Debian packages according to Debian (and Ubuntu) guidelines

Run-time libraries go into package

libname soversion`

For XRootd that would currently mean the packages
- libxrdapputils1
- libxrdcrypto1
- libxrdcryptolite1
- libxrdutils2
- libxrdxml2
- libxrdcl2
- libxrdffs2
- libxrdposix2
- libxrdposixpreload1
- libxrdserver2
- libxrdhttputils1
- libxrdssilib1
- libxrdssishmap1

plugin runtime libraries can go in a single package - e.g.,

xrootd5-plugins containing

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdCksCalczcrc32-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdClProxyPlugin-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdCryptossl-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSec-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecProt-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecgsi-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecgsiAUTHZVO-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecgsiGMAPDN-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSeckrb5-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecpwd-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecsss-5.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrdSecunix-5.so

xrootd5-server-plugins containg

/usr/lib/*/libXrdBwm-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdPss-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdXrootd-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdPfc-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdBlacklistDecision-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdHttp-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdHttpTPC-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdN2No2p-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdOssSIgpfsT-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdSsi-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdSsiLog-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdThrottle-5.so
/usr/lib/*/libXrdCmsRedirectLocal-5.so

Development packages should be named as

libname-dev

(possibly a link to libname version-dev). One should really split these by run-time library package, so that for XRootd, it would be
- libxrdapputils-dev
- libxrdcrypto-dev
- libxrdcryptolite-dev
- libxrdutils-dev
- libxrdxml-dev
- libxrdcl-dev
- libxrdffs-dev
- libxrdposix-dev
- libxrdposixpreload-dev
- libxrdserver-dev
- libxrdhttputils-dev
- libxrdssilib-dev
- libxrdssishmap-dev
and one can have a meta-package or -packages like
```
libxrootd-dev
libxrootd-client-dev (libxrdcl-dev, libxrdffs-dev, libxrdposix-dev,libxrdposixpreload-dev)
libxroot-server-dev (libxrdserver-dev,libxrdhttputils-dev,libxrdssilib-dev,libxrdssishmap-dev)
```
Binaries can be lumped together in packages. Thus, the current formats of
- xrootd-client
- xrootd-fuse
could be kept. However, the server package should really be named xrootdfs, and the clients package should be xrootd-clients (plural).

With these changes you will have a distribution quality package that could be accepted into mainstream Debian (and hence Ubuntu).

Thanks.

Yours,

Christian

—
You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.
Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[ { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "EmailMessage", "potentialAction": { "@type": "ViewAction", "target": "https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1129?email_source=notifications\u0026email_token=AA7NRDVHUDVZV6BUB6X5GF3RBKEXZA5CNFSM4KQICM3KYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4ILE4YTQ", "url": "https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1129?email_source=notifications\u0026email_token=AA7NRDVHUDVZV6BUB6X5GF3RBKEXZA5CNFSM4KQICM3KYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4ILE4YTQ", "name": "View Issue" }, "description": "View this Issue on GitHub", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "GitHub", "url": "https://github.com" } } ]

Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list

To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link:
https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1