Re: [PATCH 2/4] Add libaprutil.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:

> Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2013 schrieb Cyril Roelandt:
>> * gnu/packages/libapr: new variable.
>>  gnu/packages/libapr.scm |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> +(define-public libaprutil
>
> While trying to update subversion, I come across libapr.scm. Unlike Debian, 
> we normally do not add "lib" in front of the name for a library package. 
> For instance, we use "cairo" instead of "libcairo". So I would suggest to 
> rename the file to apr.scm, and the package libapr to apr.

+1

> I am not sure for libaprutil, however, for which the official name is APR-
> util. Shall we use apr-util or aprutil to avoid the dash?

The general naming algorithm should be: (string-downcase upstream-name).

In this case, that gives ‘apr-util’.

Ludo’.