On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 02:44:36PM +0200, JИrТme Marant wrote: > > I am pretty sure that python- prefix is for packages that provide some > > functionality > > in /usr/lib/site-python, /usr/lib/python{version}/site-packages > > Do you mean those whose .py files directly fit in site-packages itself ? > There are plenty of libraries that are not prefixed with 'python-' and > located in /usr/lib/python{version}/site-packages/package-name. > For instance: HTMLgen, sulfur and many others. > > I didn't find any policy about python, except a README.maintainers in > /usr/share/doc/python. > If there is is no such policy, I would a very interested in helping > writing such a document. Neither me. I do remember there was something about that but I do not remember what this duscussion resulted in. :)
I'd say that if a package contains a library only, it should be named like python-<something>, and if it also contains an executable (like HTMLgen does or linbot) it should be named after its upstream name... -- Misha