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Subject: Re: Existing package splits into dependent subpackages -- best  packaging practice ?
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Hi Dirk,

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 03:37:37PM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> Hi Emanuel,
> 
> Thanks for the prompt reply!
> [...]
> | Seems very similar to basemap[0]
> | 
> | [0] https://sources.debian.org/src/basemap/1.4.1-1/
> 
> I may have been unclear in what I was looking for.  If I read this correctly,
> then it "bends" the upstreeam layout to effectively undo the package split?
> 
> I was thinking more along the lines of 'how do I create three binary Python
> packages that are interdependent from one source repo'. Is that doable?

Plausibly, you could do similarly to basemap, but instead of
installing everything into a single package, install it into three
separate packages.  But I haven't worked out the details, and don't
know offhand of any examples.  So feel free to ignore this suggestion!

Best wishes,

   Julian