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Re: python3- preffix

From	Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.python
Subject	Re: python3- preffix
Date	2020-10-04 18:00 +0200
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On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 05:39:16PM +0200, Fioddor Superconcentrado wrote:
> Hi again.
> 
> Debian's packaging documentation requires the packages containing python3
> apps to be renamed with a python3 suffix. I do so in debian/control file.
> Now I can put that prefix to the source too or not. If I do so then I get a
> lintian warning source-package-encodes-python-version but if I don't I get
> a conflict warning.
> 
> I've renamed the downloaded tarball with the prefix because the build
> toolchain expected it. But I left the extracted directory's name untouched.
> 
> What's the canonical way?

Same way as we have learnt walking.

 
> Thanks in advanced.

Yes, also beginners can run out of credit.


Regards
Geert Stappers
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python3- preffix Fioddor Superconcentrado <fioddor@gmail.com> - 2020-10-04 17:40 +0200
  Re: python3- preffix Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2020-10-04 17:50 +0200
    Re: python3- preffix Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57@debian.org> - 2020-10-04 18:30 +0200
    Re: python3- preffix Fioddor Superconcentrado <fioddor@gmail.com> - 2020-10-04 18:30 +0200
  Re: python3- preffix Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2020-10-04 18:00 +0200

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