MySQL Bugs: #59160: packages - src suffix used in an incoherent way

Bug #59160	packages - src suffix used in an incoherent way
Submitted:	24 Dec 2010 16:29	Modified:	24 Dec 2010 19:04
Reporter:	Santo Leto	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Packaging	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:		OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	inconsistency, intuitiveness, packages, SOURCE, src, usability

Description:
Some source packages have the "src" suffix, some others no.

For example:

- connector net has: mysql-connector-net-6.3.5-src.zip						
- connector C++ has not: mysql-connector-c++-1.1.0.zip, mysql-connector-c++-1.1.0.tar.gz
- connector C has not: mysql-connector-c-6.0.2.tar.gz		
- odbc connector has not: mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.8.tar.gz		

- workbench has: mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.31a-src.tar.gz, mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.31a-src.zip

- the server has not: mysql-5.5.8-win32.zip, mysql-5.5.8.tar.gz, 		
- the cluster has not: mysql-cluster-gpl-7.1.9a.zip, mysql-cluster-gpl-7.1.9a.tar.gz		

- the proxy has not: mysql-proxy-0.8.1.tar.gz

Is there a logic behind these differences in package naming?

How to repeat:
Download packages.

Suggested fix:
Increase coherence and intuitiveness by adding src suffix when appropriate.

Thank you for the problem report.

Logic, no, this is just because all of these products are produced by different teams who all have their own ideas on how files should be named.

We are aiming to come to some kind of agreement over file naming schemes, but I'd say we're a long way off from seeing this implemented.