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Re: Separate lib and executable packages?

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Subject	Re: Separate lib and executable packages?
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Hi,

it depends :). My two cents:

If you are packaging application (PAPT team):
* user is using it in CLI / Xorg
* user don't need to know it's written in Python
* Python modules are typically private, not usable by other
applications/libraries
-> one binary package: foo

If you are packaging library (DPMT team):
* your package is typically not usable by user directly
* your package is typically dependency of other packages (Python
applications/libraries)
-> as many binary packages as "language branches" we have, e.g. python-foo,
python3-foo, pypy-foo

If you are packaging application with public library part (PAPT team):
* both of above
* user is using it in CLI / Xorg
* BUT package have library part, which can be used in other Python
applications/libraries
-> as many binary packages as "language branches" we have, e.g. python-foo,
python3-foo, pypy-foo + foo for application. "foo" package can contain more
than entrypoints, but icons, menu items, ...

-- 
Best regards
 Ondřej Nový

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Separate lib and executable packages? Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net> - 2020-02-07 12:50 +0100
  Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2020-02-07 13:50 +0100
  Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2020-02-07 17:10 +0100
    Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-02-08 04:20 +0100
      Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2020-02-08 14:00 +0100
        Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-02-08 15:30 +0100
      Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net> - 2020-02-08 21:00 +0100
        Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2020-02-08 21:20 +0100
          Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net> - 2020-02-11 11:00 +0100
        Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-02-09 04:10 +0100

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