rpms/fftw/EL-4 fftw.spec,1.9,1.10 sources,1.3,1.4

[Rex Dieter]

On 01/02/2010 02:16 PM, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 13:59 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> On 01/01/2010 06:45 PM, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
>>> +- Change name of package to fftw(-devel) to conform with Package Naming
>>> +  Guidelines.
>>
>> I don't appreciate this change, nor will the rpmforge users that I
>> accomodated by using fftw3 in the first place.
>>
>> Preferable would have been to discuss such changes with your fellow
>> maintainers, so you wouldn't have to find out after the fact.
>
> What do you mean? The compatibility with the old rpmforge packages still
> exists - fftw3(-devel) resolvs to fftw(-devel). Everything works as
> before. The spec file is just a lot less garbled...

The actual name of the package in EPEL was purposely fftw3, as was 
violently requested by rpmforge maintainers and users, to preserve more 
compatibility.

Feel free to read the flames on rpmforge mailing list archives, if 
you're interested in the history.  Else, I'd suggest not renaming the 
package, please.

-- Rex