Re: Inconsistency in source package naming for python modules
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> wrote:
> On 07/10/2013 10:30 PM, Stuart Prescott wrote:
>> Thomas Goirand wrote:
>>> On 07/08/2013 10:10 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>>>> There is no policy on this either way, so there's no "mistake".
>>>
>>> Well, the mistake is precisely to have no rule, IMO.
>>
>> Rules for packaging things are normally there to solve problems of
>> interoperability and to assist QA efforts. Which of these is it going to
>> help?
>>
>>> Never the less, I think we should collectively decide what to do, rather
>>> than continuing the mess, with everyone having its own rule.
>>
>> What mess? If there is a perceived mess, why is that a problem in any case?
>> How does it help to make a new rule? Who does it help? What problem does
>> this solve? Why is any intellectual energy being spent on this at all?
>
> Oh, I need this pyX package... Let's download it.
>
> # apt-get source pyX
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to find a source package for pyX
>
> shit, let's try again...
It works to me (in Ubuntu, anyway):
$ apt-get source python-matplotlib
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Picking 'matplotlib' as source package instead of 'python-matplotlib'
NOTICE: 'matplotlib' packaging is maintained in the 'Svn' version
control system at:
svn://svn.debian.org/svn/python-modules/packages/matplotlib/trunk/
Need to get 38.5 MB of source archives.
Get:1 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe matplotlib
1.2.1-0ubuntu1 (dsc) [3,240 B]
Get:2 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe matplotlib
1.2.1-0ubuntu1 (tar) [38.4 MB]
Get:3 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe matplotlib
1.2.1-0ubuntu1 (diff) [25.1 kB]
I think a recommendation (for new packages) would be helpful, but I'm
against any source naming requirements or strict rules.
-Brad
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