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Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW)

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Hi Scott,

On 2024-10-26 17:00:18, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> From reading this thread, it seems like psrecord is an application written in 
> Python.  Upstream could, if they felt like it, re-implement the whole thing in
> Rust and it would still be psrecord.  Assuming that's at least generally
> correct, I think psrecord is definitely the correct package name.

yes, I think this applies to psrecord.

> The only exception is that applications which provide a publically available
> module/ extension that other programs can use should provide a binary which
> uses the python3-foo naming convention (see spf-engine as an example).  It is
> a matter of taste and judgement for small applications that provide a public
> module/extension should ship the application in a separate binary package or
> not.  Generally, tiny packages are bad because they require more overhead,
> including making the packages file bigger for every single user.

In addition psrecord provides a public module (as per [0]) but I am 
inclined to consider this one of the "small application" cases which do 
not warrant a separate binary package.

Best regards,

Peter

[0] https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/#public-and-internal-interfaces

Thread

Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Peter Wienemann <wiene@debian.org> - 2024-10-24 21:40 +0200
  Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-10-26 17:10 +0200
    Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Peter Wienemann <wiene@debian.org> - 2024-10-27 20:20 +0100
      Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Peter Wienemann <wiene@debian.org> - 2024-10-27 22:10 +0100
        Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-10-27 22:20 +0100
        Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Alexandru Mihail <alexandru.mihail2897@gmail.com> - 2024-10-27 22:30 +0100
  Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Peter Wienemann <wiene@debian.org> - 2024-10-27 20:50 +0100
  Re: Upload request: psrecord (NEW) Peter Wienemann <wiene@debian.org> - 2024-11-11 20:20 +0100

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