> > > However, in Debian case, I do not know how this can be handled as > > > 2 packages cannot hold the same file (even if __init__ is only an empty > > > file), and at least one must be present (if you install only one). > > The Python jargon is that the "backports" shared by backports.tempfile > and backports.weakref is a "namespace package". > > For Python 2, dh_python2 handles this: python-lazr.restfulclient and > python-lazr.uri are an example of cooperating packages that share a > namespace package.
FTR: If you want to use dh_python2's --namespace: make sure ALL packages that share namespace use this feature and not a single one ships __init__.py file. > > I'm not a python expert but I expect the least-horrible way to do this > > would be to ship a package that only contained the __init__. Then have > > all the python-backports.* packages depend on it. > > This is not necessary, and would probably (hopefully?) lead to rejection > from the NEW queue. I don't think it's a bad solution, I used it in the past for some packages. -- GPG: 1D2F A898 58DA AF62 1786 2DF7 AEF6 F1A2 A745 7645
