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<H1>[Mageia-dev] What to do for software having MDV/Mandriva in name</H1>
<B>Thomas Spuhler</B>
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<I>Mon Jan 17 15:11:30 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Monday, January 17, 2011 02:44:06 am Michael scherer wrote:
><i> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:49:24AM +0100, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
</I>><i> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 02:07, Olivier Thauvin
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">nanardon at nanardon.zarb.org</A>> wrote:
</I>><i> > > I am supposed to be the maintainers of this software, required by base
</I>><i> > > of the system:
</I>><i> > >
</I>><i> > > perl-MDV-Distribconf-4.02-1mdv2010.1.src.rpm
</I>><i> > > perl-MDV-Packdrakeng-1.13-5mdv2010.1.src.rpm
</I>><i> > >
</I>><i> > > Should we remove the 'MDV' part ?
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Why should we?
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > As I understand it, this is the name of a specific package of Perl
</I>><i> > stuff; at most, the "MDV" part is only a name tag (it's not a
</I>><i> > registered trademark, barely a brand either) and it shows some
</I>><i> > inheritance from MandrakeSoft/Mandriva days, because that's how the
</I>><i> > software package was named at the start.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> We could also find a recursive acronym :
</I>><i>
</I>><i> MDV -> MDV Distribution Versionning ?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> > As Hoyt points out, it would be more relevant to change the tag
</I>><i> > if/when/once this code base grows independantly from the original one.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Well, we can also ( and I think we should ) aim for keeping compatibility,
</I>><i> and in fact, try to avoid forking too much. We can and should collaborate.
</I>
I agree. Both Disti's do not have enough marketing resources and working
together could help that others may do a Mandriva/Mageia package such as
Skype, etc.
All we find is Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse and of course Debian
><i>
</I>><i> Now, if some software are dropped ( or about to be ) by upstream, yes,
</I>><i> forking would be a alternative.
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Thomas
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