Please lift the unnecessary strictness in accepted versions since portage can handle package names ending with a thingie looking-like-a-version fine. This will allow us to lift the rule in the future. Citing the robustness principle[1]: Be conservative in what you send, liberal in what you accept Thus, I believe portage should not limit accepted names to the letter of the PMS; instead, repoman should warn when committing names not conforming to it. [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle