Re: Policy for naming python packages
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:16:13AM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Do all Debian python packages have to be prefixed by 'python-' ?
that is probably not necessary, compare with packages written in perl
(latex2html came to my mind immediately)
If you are writting a package _for_ python, such as python-mpz, it is
appropriate if mpz is a standalone library, otherwise aesthetic
criteria apply :-)
I would rather not go for renaming upstream packages, to avoid confusion.
IMHO & IANAD
> I recently packaged the "pyunit" software and I still don't
> know if I have to rename it python-unit or if I can keep its
> name as is.
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