Bug 408933

Summary:	media-plugins/gst-plugins-* drop "-plugins" from package names
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	ScytheMan <scytheman666>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	GStreamer package maintainers <gstreamer>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Lowest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description ScytheMan 2012-03-20 00:23:20 UTC

Just a small suggestion, if you have time and interest to do it. Otherwise please close as WONTFIX. :)

What about dropping the second "plugins"?
It makes the full name of the package pretty long and doesn't include any further information.
An example:
media-plugins/gst-plugins-ogg -> media-plugins/gst-ogg


The same pattern is used by vdr-plugins, which also don't have "plugins" in their PN.

Comment 1 Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev

2012-03-20 15:24:01 UTC

It follows the upstream naming of the packages, but that's primarily gst-plugins-{base,good,ugly,bad}, so the rest just follows convention.
Also, the category name "media-plugins/" is usually not used when referring to package names when passing it to emerge or so.

Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-11-22 11:18:13 UTC

I admit that this looks redundant but renaming all plugins would take a crazy amount of time with CVS, would require portage package migration for little gain. In other words, the cost of doing this is too big for any modification to happen in the near future.

Thanks for your report anyway.