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.
--
Regards,
Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda.
[1]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Addon_Packages_...
[2]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Addon_Packages_...
[3]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/python-devel/2012-August/000435....
[4]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PythonNamingDependingOnImplementa...