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Re: python-pyinstaller: package naming questions

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From Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org>
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Subject Re: python-pyinstaller: package naming questions
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I didn’t receive any responses to the below email, so I decided to go with 
pyinstaller as the source package name, but to still use two binary packages:  
pyinstaller and python3-pyinstaller.

On Friday, October 25, 2024 1:07:53 PM MST Soren Stoutner wrote:
> I am in the process of packaging python-pyinstaller.
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084906
> 
> Currently my source package is named python-pyinstaller.  It produces two
> binary packages:
> 
> pyinstaller - installs executables to /usr/bin
> python3-pyinstaller - installs Python modules to
> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
> 
> I have been following the discussion about package names and have started to
> wonder if pyinstaller wouldn’t be a better source package name.  That is 
what
> it is called upstream, and the “py” prefix already indicates it is related to
> Python.
> 
> Beyond that, I was wondering if it wouldn’t be better to only provide one
> binary file.  I don’t know if there is any value to the Python modules
> without the executables in /usr/bin.  Is there any policy or best practice
> that says this should be split into two binary packages?
> 
> Soren
> 
> P.S.  I figured I would ask now as it is easy to make changes before the first
> upload.


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Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org

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python-pyinstaller:  package naming questions Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2024-10-25 22:10 +0200
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