On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:54:01PM -0600, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
On 10/29/2009 07:50 PM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
+1 to this section
In general I'm +1 to everything you said, Toshio, but just to clarify.
mod_python is something we might have to consider differently than the other
In my mind the difference is between modules/libraries and python add-ons to other applications.
So, it's very natural that python3-gnome starts with "python3" because you use it with the Python "application", as it's a library. And it's natural the mod_python or vim+python be "httpd-mod_python3" or "vim-python3" because they are components to the http and vim applications.
The place it gets strange is for something like Idle, which is an application in it's own right, but is used with Python development.
I almost want something like the "lib" prefix that is used to mark system libraries, but for python. Like "python3-libpsycopg2". Then I could search explicitly for modules with "yum search python-lib"... That's a pretty drastic change though, and would probably make more sense in combination with "perl-lib", etc... <shrug>
Probably not a good idea, but it feels somewhat natural.
I think we're generally using python- (inconsistently) and python3- (want to make this 100% consistent) asour lib prefixfor python libraries. Is Idle just a python application or is it also used as a library? I'm afraid I haven't looked so I don't know how strange it is under this scheme.
-Toshio