[Fedora TeX Live] package naming

[Jindrich Novy]

Hi Bob,

On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 02:20:04PM -0400, Bob Tennent wrote:
> 
> What is the appropriate prefix for a package that depends on tex[live]
> packages but is *not* included in TeXLive itself? Should it be
> texlive-package or just tex-package, or just package?

You are right that there isn't any policy anywhere how to do it. I
personally prefer tex-package.

> BTW, I note that
> the Fedora Package Naming Guidelines say that TeX packages should *not*
> be named after the TeX "environment" (TeX Live or teTeX) but instead
> should carry the prefix "tex-".

Right.

> So all the texlive packages in the
> TeXlive for Fedora repo are inappropriately named. Just thought you
> might like to know :+)

Good point. Maybe I could at least rename the CTAN packages to have
tex-* prefix.

Thanks,
Jindrich

> 
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