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Re: Need help with naming scheme in debian/control for python library

From Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.maint.python
Subject Re: Need help with naming scheme in debian/control for python library
Date 2025-07-01 10:50 +0200
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Hello Aryan,

Am 01.07.25 um 09:59 schrieb Aryan Karamtoth:
...
> So my question is should I rename the source field to “python3- 
> packagename” too or will it cause any conflicts?

the common sense is to prefix the source package with "python" without 
any version numbers.

And the bin package for a library with "python3" to mark the Paython 
main version the package is usable with.

Contrary bin packages which contain documentation only then get the 
prefix "python" again, but also a suffix "doc".

e.g.

Source: python-upstream_name
...

Package: python3-upstream_name
Description: Shiny neat Python library to do $things
...

Package: python-upstream_name-doc
Description: Shiny neat Python library to do $things (Documentation)
...

https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=team%2Bpython%40tracker.debian.org

There you have a full overview of existing packages maintained by the DPT.
Have a look at existing packages.


-- 
Regards
Carsten

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Re: Need help with naming scheme in debian/control for python library Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de> - 2025-07-01 10:50 +0200
  Re: Need help with naming scheme in debian/control for python library Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2025-07-01 11:40 +0200
  Re: Need help with naming scheme in debian/control for python library Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2025-07-01 18:00 +0200

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