Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Julian Gilbey Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: rstcheck: how should I package the new public module? Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:30:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Apr 18 18:27:42 2022 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.21 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/19891 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/Yl2tjdzytqmffqbP@d-and-j.net Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 31 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:27:25 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <20220418171546.ma2uotpb453aygnt@mail.gaussglocke.de> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:14067 On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 07:15:46PM +0200, Timo Röhling wrote: > Hi, > > rstcheck used to be a pure CLI application, so I packaged it as > "rstcheck" with a private module in /usr/share/rstcheck. The latest > version has added a public module interface, so "import rstcheck" > has become a thing and the module needs to be installed publicly for > that. > > My question is: should I move/rename the whole package to > python3-rstcheck (and keep rstcheck temporarily as transitional > dummy package), or should I keep /usr/bin/rstcheck in the old > package indefinitely and only move the module to python3-rstcheck? > > The latter solution feels cleaner to me, because it neatly separates > the library and the appliation, but at the cost of an almost empty > binary package, which is frowned upon by the FTP team. Any > suggestions how I should proceed? Hi Tim, We've done exactly that with spyder: spyder contains just the binary, manpage, desktop file, appdata, icon and reportbug file. This is also helpful if there is ever a Python 4.x, as then there will be four packages: rstcheck, python3-rstcheck and python4-rstcheck. This information may be of use to you. Best wishes, Julian