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on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages

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Proposal: the DPT will start adding a `python-` prefix to NEW source
packages names, unless the upstream project already contains it

AFAICT all other major languages ecosystems packaging teams use a
(semi?)mandatory tag to identify their source packages (results below
from a very quick look at Sources, top results only):

prefix: golang, rust, r, node, ruby, haskell, php, ocaml, python (on a
voluntary basis), and others
prefix+suffix: perl

At the beginning, I remember being in favor of the current status quo
in DPT, where each maintainer can choose to add `python-` if they feel
like it, or just use the upstream name.

Thru the years, i've grown more uncomfortable with this situation and
i think the fact we dont mandate a `python` prefix in the team source
packages names (and thus guiding the rest of the python packagers
within Debian towards a common style) is detrimental to Debian as a
whole, and we should change it.

My proposal as stated at the top is to start from now on to prepend
`python` to all NEW source packages in DPT, with the option to rename
existing packages at a later date.

What are other team members' opinions on this?

Regards,
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Sandro "morph" Tosi
My website: http://sandrotosi.me/
Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi
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on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2022-12-12 02:30 +0100
  Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-12-12 03:00 +0100
    Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2022-12-12 03:20 +0100
      Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2022-12-12 03:50 +0100
        Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-12-12 05:40 +0100
          Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Joseph Nahmias <jello@debian.org> - 2022-12-20 15:50 +0100
  Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages Steffen Moeller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de> - 2022-12-20 01:00 +0100

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