What does dsfg as a part of package names mean?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines
A package with 'dfsg'/'dsfg' suffix is one that has been stripped of any files that doesn't follow the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
(From Debian mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/08/msg00169.html)
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Marcel Stimberg
Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Marcel Stimberg over 1 year
I know the general format for package names in Debian and Ubuntu. Some packages have additions to the standard numbering scheme with obvious meaning like
svn20090426
etc. But also quite a few packages have dsfg in their name (e.g.2:1.0~rc4~try1.dsfg1-1ubuntu1
) – what does that mean?Is it just a typo of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)?
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Marcel Stimberg over 13 yearsSo is dsfg indeed a typo and should be dfsg?
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JanC over 13 yearsI see three source packages with that typo indeed...
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OpenNingia over 13 yearsYes, I bet it's a typo :)
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Dan almost 10 yearsTypo means it is misspelled. It was said in the other answer that it is an acronym but with a typo. Notice that the
s
andf
are mixed up.