[needs-packaging] VirtualBox

Already beeing packaging on debian, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406992

Out of curiosity, given that there's a non-libre DEB available from innotek with package name "virtualbox", will the GPL version ("VirtualBox Open Source Edition") be called "virtualbox-ose" or some such?

InnoTek is in contact with Canonical about packaging it theirself and including it to the repositories.

(I attach a conversation with the InnoTek guys)

I note that while Debian is calling the package "virtualbox-ose":
http://packages.debian.org/sid/virtualbox-ose

In Gutsy, its being called "virtualbox":
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/misc/virtualbox
and its in universe, so I'm guessing it lacks the non-libre components, like the Debian version...

While on the InnoTek site the PUEL-licensed version is also "virtualbox":
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

This to me is a confusing situation. Shouldn't the universe version have the same name as the Debian version?

You are right. The universe package should be called "virtualbox-ose" just like the Debian package. This helps to avoid confusion.

Should I file a new bug or will the mention in this one be sufficient?

Yes, it's confusing. It is in the process of being sorted out.

I shall close this bug when virtualbox-ose has been accepted into the archive.

virtualbox-ose (1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. (LP: #102098, #136792)
  * Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - Add missing dependancy on adduser.
    - Add (>= 1080) to the kbuild dependancy.
    - Munge Maintainer field as per spec.
  * Ubuntu changes dropped:
    - Change the libc6-i386 Build-Depends on amd64 to be g++-multilib.

 -- Steve Kowalik <email address hidden> Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:44:58 +1000