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Neil Muller <drnlmuller+python@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm working on packaging the latest version of sqlobject, which adds
> supprt for python 3, and I'm unsure of how best to handle the helper
> applications that ship as part of the package. The helper applications
> will work with both python2 and python3, so it's not clear to me how
> to apply the advice given in [1], and I'd ideally want the helper
> programs available regardless of which version of the module is
> installed.

What is the purpose of the helper applications? Is there a significant
use case for “I want specifically the Python 2 version of this
application”?

If not, I would advise making only the Python 3 applications available,
in a separate binary package (and put it it “Section: database”) which
describes the purpose without mentioning Python versions.

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