Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!news.dns-netz.com!news.freedyn.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Geert Stappers Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: python3- preffix Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:00:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Sun Oct 4 15:50:25 2020 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/18678 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20201004155010.ryxpeknvgmf42mnh@gpm.stappers.nl Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 26 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 17:50:10 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <20201004155010.ryxpeknvgmf42mnh@gpm.stappers.nl> X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:12920 On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 05:39:16PM +0200, Fioddor Superconcentrado wrote: > Hi again. > > Debian's packaging documentation requires the packages containing python3 > apps to be renamed with a python3 suffix. I do so in debian/control file. > Now I can put that prefix to the source too or not. If I do so then I get a > lintian warning source-package-encodes-python-version but if I don't I get > a conflict warning. > > I've renamed the downloaded tarball with the prefix because the build > toolchain expected it. But I left the extracted directory's name untouched. > > What's the canonical way? Same way as we have learnt walking. > Thanks in advanced. Yes, also beginners can run out of credit. Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse