I find src2pkg indispensable and I hope it will soon be part of Slackwares standard package tools.
But without a tag like other external packages at the end of the package name it is difficult to spot the origin of a package created by src2pkg in the package index in /var/log/packages.
How can one add a tag (e.g. S2P) to the package names?
Are there any plans to integrate the addition of a tag to package names in srcpkg?

You can use the -b option that sets the BUILD variable, like the corresponding one in Slackware's *.SlackBuilds (other *.Slackbuilds, like the ones from slackbuilds.org or Alien for example, use $BUILD$TAG for the package name so you can launch them specifying TAG to have the desired effect)

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Perfect! Thanks ponce

Actually, the correct way is to set the 'SIG' variable to whatever tag you like. You can set it in the /etc/src2pkg/src2pkg.conf file or use it for individual builds. In the src2pkg.conf file you'll find it near the top(~ line 29):
# SIG is a suffix to BUILD for 'signing' package names
# [[ $SIG ]] || SIG=""
Just uncomment hat and set it like this:
[[ $SIG ]] || SIG="_mytag"
I usually would use the underline(_) as a separator. Just be sure to *not* use a hyphen(-) or it will confuse installpkg.
You can use it on a per-package basis like this:
SIG="_mytag" src2pkg ....

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sorry Gilbert, I missed that

No problem ponce, thanks for chipping in while I slept a little longer!