Naming policy
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Package-format:

	%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{disttag}.%{repotag}

		eg. 


Name format:

	Usually the name is lowercase, unless there's a good reason not to.
	Examples that are not lowercased are perl-packages and packages that
	extend existing Red Hat packages.

		eg.	SDL_ttf
			perl-HTML-TableExtract

	In some cases finding a proper name is not easy and it may be helpful
	to look how other distributions are naming these packages.

	Some packages fall into specific namespaces and are prepended with
	that namespace. These packages include perl-packages, python-packages,
	php-packages, kernel-module packages and add-on packages.

		eg.	fonts-ttf-latex
			kernel-module-alsa
			perl-HTML-TableExtract
			php-rrdtool
			python-numeric

	Add-on packages are packages that extend an existing packages and
	cannot be used seperately.

		eg.	mplayer-skins
			squidguard-blacklists
			xmms-xosd

	Utilities packages are packages that are part of libraries or
	kernel-modules and contain extra tools that make use of these
	libraries or kernel-modules, usually these are sub packages.

		eg.	madwifi-utils (subpackage of kernel-module-madwifi)
			slmodem-utils (subpackage of kernel-module-slmodem)


Version format:

	Use the real version if possible. Strip off all "word" characters
	so that it fits into the following pcre: \d+(\.\d+)+

		eg.	0.2
			0.05
			1.105


Release format:

	The release tags normally starts at 1 and is a single integer. Unless
	it is a pre-release (like alpha, beta, pre, rc or cvs releases). In
	these cases it starts with 0 followed with the pre-release tag.

		eg.	0.cvs20040329
			0.rc4
			0.pre3

	In case where an existing Red Hat package is superceded by a newer
	version, the release should be prepended with a 0.

		eg.	logwatch-4.3.1-2.1		(in fc1)
			logwatch-5.1-0.1.rhfc1.dag
			logwatch-5.1-0.3.rhfc1.dag
			logwatch-5.1-3			(in fc2)


Disttag format:

	The disttag is a special tag that allows us to control the upgrade
	path. For this reason it is prepended by an integer-part followed
	by a recognizable distribution-part. As long as newer releases are
	higher, the prepended integer is not increased.

		eg.	0.el2
			0.rh7
			0.rh8
			0.rh9
			1.el3
			1.fc1
			1.fc2
			1.fc3
			2.el4
			2.fc4

Font packages
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Kernel module packages
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SEE ALSO:

	Debian
	http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/

	Fedora.us
	http://www.fedora.us/wiki/PackageNamingGuidelines

	Gentoo
	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml

	Mandrake
	http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/advanced.html#LIB-POLICY

	Other
	http://elysium-project.sf.net/policy/chap03.phtml
	http://lsbbook.gforge.freestandards.org/package.html