Currently, pkglint tells all the users that DISTNAME must always be 
defined, because PKGNAME is derived from it. But I'm getting the feeling 
that this order is completely wrong.

I find the PKGNAME much more important than the DISTNAME, the latter 
being just a technical detail. Couldn't we reverse the scheme, so that 
PKGNAME must be defined for every package and DISTNAME defaults to be 
${PKGNAME}?

This might also make life easier to the non-initiated users, as they 
might already know the abbreviation PKG, but don't have a clue what DIST 
means.

Roland