On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Bohuslav Kabrda
<bkabrda(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Dne 4.12.2013 12:37, Bohuslav Kabrda napsal(a):
>> > (tkinter is actually a subpackage of python itself)
>>
>> I guess you know what I mean here, but to be clear:
>>
>> tkinter is only an example, we got more, like pyserial, PyYAML...
>
> 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?
What about packages named without the python- prefix for consistency [1]
with other distros ?
Which rule should prevail ?
Dridi
[1]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#General_Naming
The python- naming guidelines take precedence as they are more specific to
the situation than the general naming guideline.
-Toshio