On Jun 09, Michael Sobolev wrote: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:16:13AM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > Do all Debian python packages have to be prefixed by 'python-' ? > > I recently packaged the "pyunit" software and I still don't > > know if I have to rename it python-unit or if I can keep its > > name as is. > > Looks like there is at least one package that does not follow this "policy": > reportbug. Hmm, zope also uses its own naming scheme... :)
reportbug and zope can be used without doing any programming in Python; hence, I don't think naming them "python-X" makes any sense. It would be like calling the bug "sh-bug". The python-* nomenclature is intended for modules, not end-user applications. (For example, python-newt is a module because it doesn't do anything user-visible. reportbug is an end-user application because it provides binaries. reportbug does provide modules as well, but that's not the point of the package... the point is to produce a bug reporting tool, the modules are just there for reusability in case someone gets around to writing a GUI tool or people want to use the BTS interface code. Theoretically, those modules could be in a "python-debbugs" package, but IMHO that'd be a waste of resources.) Other python-using applications: - ppmtofb (has "fbview" script) - fetchmailconf - idle - vim-python - pydf Hopefully this clears that up. Chris (reportbug maintainer) -- ============================================================================= | Chris Lawrence | It's 2/3 of a beltway... | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.lordsutch.com/tn385/ | | | | | Grad Student, Pol. Sci. | Are you tired of politics as usual? | | University of Mississippi | http://www.lp.org/ | =============================================================================
