----- Original Message ----- > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 07:18:31AM -0500, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Oh, I see. Some time ago, FPC has accepted a change that says, that > > packages with "py" in name should be prefixed with "python-" anyway [1]. > > Since this only applies to newly created packages, we will have to cope > > with this, unfortunately. So my idea of handling this would be: > > - all packages must have Provides: python-* > > - packages that weren't prefixed with "python-" previously (pyserial, > > PyYAML), should also carry an explicit Provides/Obsoletes for the old > > name. > > Sounds good? > > > I would remove that first bullet point. The point of the Provides and > Obsoletes is to provide backwards compatibility. If there's no previous > python-* there's no need to take up that name in the namespace. Ok, I updated the wiki page with some more talk about the Provides and Obsoletes, which should incorporate this change and also the others mentioned. You can check out just the diff [1] > > > What about apps? Do we want something in the guidelines that would say: > > Toshio already proposed a guidelines solution for this [2], but now that > > I look at it, it seems that it never got proposed to FPC. Toshio, will you > > propose that or should I? I guess we can do this regardless of the change > > I'm proposing now. > > > > [2] > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/python-devel/2013-November/000528.html > > > Please do. I haven't got a whole lot of time these days :-( Done [2]. > -Toshio Thanks, Slavek. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABkabrda%2FPy2to3GuidelineChanges&diff=363421&oldid=363312 [2] https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/373 -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
