On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:56:02PM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > Was this package rename discussed anywhere? > > I don't think it makes any sense. It's not a python package, as the > name python2-boost would suggest. Hi, yes, it was discussed on fedora-devel@ and python@ for a few weeks. An announcement was sent to fedora-announce@. > It installs a shared library, libboost_python2.so, which is a library > of C++ symbols that implement the Boost.Python C++ library. > > Why is "python2-boost" a better name for this than "boost-python2"? That's what the packaging guidelines require for python packages. > Why was boost-python3 not also renamed? Having "boost-python3" and > "python2-boost" makes no sense. I decided not to rename python3 subpackages to reduce the scope of the change (and potential for errors). Hopefully this state will be only temporary, and the python3 subpackages will be renamed (along with the remaining python2 subpackages which don't follow the new naming). > Was this thought through at all? Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
