[arch-general] virtualbox additions package naming

[Magnus Therning]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 05:12:06PM +0300, Ionut Biru wrote:
> I've been criticized a lot because I choose poorly the name for
> guest additions.
> 
> Right now the packages are like this:
> 
> virtualbox-addtitions - contains the iso with guest additions for
> linux/windows/etc and is installed on host
> virtualbox-guest-additions - contains guest additions only for an
> arch linux system as guest.
> virtualbo-guest-modules - modules only for an arch linux system as guest.
> 
> Now that virtualbox 4.1 is released I need help choosing this names.

I think that the guest/host terminology is rather well established, so
maybe

virtualbox-host-additions
virtualbox-guest-additions
virtualbox-guest-modules

What do you think?

/M

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