On 02/01/2014 04:10 PM, PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel wrote: > Hello, > > I am packaging the next version of spyder which is a python IDE. > The next version will support python3 > > so I need to add a spyder3 binary package which will contain > /usr/bin/spyder3 > > the upstream script only create /usr/bin/spyder during the build > > So my question is do we have something in pybuild which help to rename a > script > and add 3 at the end of the official script. > > If not can you explain in the wiki how to proceed in thaht case > > It is quite usuall to add a 3 at the end of the scripts for python3 version.
Hi, Thanks for raising this important topic. What I've been doing up to now, is renaming "foo" into "python3-foo" and "python2-foo", then I use update-alternatives to provide /usr/bin/foo, with the python2 version having the priority. Sometimes I've even used "foo-python3" and "foo-python2" (and I feel bad about my lack of consistency, though since we have no defined standards...). Though I'm seeing that you just add a "3" to the python3 version, which in some way works well too. Though do you also add a "2" for the python2 version? Do you use update-alternatives? Also, I've experienced that using update-alternatives the correct way is somehow counter-intuitive and badly documented (see: #71621). Thoughts anyone? What would you consider best practice? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52f1f346.3090...@debian.org
