Hi Miro, On Monday, 02 December 2013 at 08:37, Miro Hrončok wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to package httpretty [0] for Python 2 and 3. However, the > latest upstream release 0.7.0 seems to not work with Python 3 (at > least the tests are failing). Version 0.6.5 however works fine (or > at least way better) with Python 3. > > What should I do now? > > 1) Create separate packages python-httpretty (0.7.0) and > python3-httpretty (0.6.5) > 2) Create one package with both (0.6.5) > 3) Do not package httpretty for Python 3 at all > > I need this package working with Python 3 and I only package Python > 2 version as well because it's appropriate :) So 3) is not really > good for me and if I choose 1) I might not package Python 2 version > at all. > > What does guidelines say about packaging latest upstream release? I > somehow remeber that being checked in the review, but I cannot find > it in the guidelines. > > Is it OK to package older release when the new one is broken? Do I > need FPC approval/exception for that? I'd say it's common sense not to package the latest version if it's broken, so I'd go for option 2 in your case and updated to the latest when it's fixed. Is there an upstream bug open for the failing tests? Regards, Dominik -- Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org | MPlayer http://mplayerhq.hu "Faith manages." -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and Lamentations" -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
