xorg-x11- packaging prefix

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 12:58 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Should packages with source from outside of the xorg-x11 tree carry
> > this prefix (e.g. ivtv, nvidia, ati, etc)? E.g. is this a prefix like
> > often used "for <prefix>" or is it a cendor prefix, e.g. "by
> > <prefix>"?
> >
> > How would a 3rd party driver package be best named?
> > xorg-x11-drv-<driver> or <3rd-party-vendor>-drv-<driver>?
> >   
> 
> I would say use
> 
> xorg-x11-drv-<driver>
> 
> the second one only confuses users.

but xorg-x11 is the name of the upstream vendor, and probably
trademarked or close to that. So I would suggest to not do that; even if
it's not a legal trademark, it makes sure that users realize where it
comes from (and thus where to report bugs ;)
>