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

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Subject	Re: on the lack of a `python-` prefix for source packages
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On 2022-12-11 20 h 53, Scott Kitterman wrote:
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> On December 12, 2022 1:24:35 AM UTC, Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> For packages that on contain a python module/extension, I think it's not horrible, but I don't see why it's better to diverge from upstream naming.

I tend to agree with Sandro on for this use case.

> For packages that contain or are primarily applications, I don't think it's a good idea.

Ditto on that one, I don't feel having "python-supysonic" would be a 
good naming scheme...

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Thread

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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