Re: policy for source package names
On Aug 05, 2014, at 04:09 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>I think it is a good practice to make the source package name the same as the
>binary package name as long is there isn't a good reason to do otherwise. So
>with any source package that produces one binary package, those names should
>match. That keeps the Debian namespace smaller and more easy to understand.
>
>If a source package produces more than one binary package, then I think it
>makes the most sense to name the source package using the upstream name,
>barring name conflicts, too general a name, etc.
In the context of Python libraries, please try to be pro-active, especially if
you know that the upstream is or will be supporting both Python 2 and 3.
plan-for-success-ly y'rs,
-Barry
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