Hi all,
so after spending some months with Python packaging, I came to think that the naming has to be standardized better.
Problem 1:
The naming guidelines say, that if there is "py" or "Py" in package name, you _can_ use that name for a package, otherwise use python-{name} [1]. So if I'm trying to install "pygments", I just try "pygments", but whoops - it's named python-pygments. How could I tell?
Problem 2:
If I install "PyYaml" (this time I was lucky and guessed correctly), then it's confusing that I have to install python3-PyYaml. Both should be prefixed "python[possibly 3]-", or none of them.
Problem 3:
The table in [2] is even more confusing. If the upstream name is "pygtk", why should Fedora's package be called "pygtk2"? Where did the "2" come from? Why do we need it if Python 3 version is clearly named "python3-pygtk"?
So my proposal would be:
Let's make it mandatory for all the Python package names to be prefixed with python-/python3-. If the upstream name already starts with "python-", then let's use that (possibly inserting the "3").
Another python implementations may pose a problem here - if we decide to package something for pypy, how do we call it? My suggestion would be to use it instead of "python-" - so "python-foo" would translate to "pypy-foo" in terms of binary RPM names.
Please note, that very similar proposal was already discussed some time ago on python-devel [3], and this feature [4] (never actually proposed) was created back then. I'm trying to restart the discussion to make this moving.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
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Regards,
Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda.
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Addon_Packages_.28python_modules.29
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Addon_Packages_.28python3_modules.29
[3] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/python-devel/2012-August/000435.html
[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PythonNamingDependingOnImplementation
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