Hi, at Wikimedia Tools (https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Tools) in the past we deployed several Python modules as packages gen- erated by py2dsc. I'm in the process of packaging them "properly" for Debian and have (so far) filed two ITPs to that effect. I want to maintain them as a member of the DPMT and would like to join the team for that (my alioth user name is "scfc").
In the past few days I have tried to process every one of the various policies and FAQs, but one very basic question that has remained unanswered for me is if the source package name should start with "python-" or not. https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names states that names of /binary/ packages must be prefixed with "python-" (or "python3-"). Of the 774 packages/*/trunk/debian/control in the repository, 329 "Source:" values start with "python-", three with "python3-", and 442 with neither, so there is no obvious pattern. Most reflect the name of their repository path, but there are even exceptions to that (in both directions). Should source package names ("Source:" in debian/control) be prefixed with "python-"? Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ioaylvqi....@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de
