Re: name change: python-lark-parser -> python-lark

[Peter Wienemann <fossdev@posteo.de>]

Hi Thomas,

I am including the Python team to tap their expertise.

For those not familiar with the topic: We are referring to

https://github.com/lark-parser/lark

which is not in the Debian archive yet (packaging work is still ongoing).

On 29.12.19 23:10, Thomas Andrejak wrote:
> Why changing the name ? it's named lark-parser in pypi.

>From the beginning I felt uncertain how to call the source package:
python-lark-parser or python-lark.

> Moreover, in pypi, there already is a "lark" module which is not lark-parser

When filing the ITP bug I decided to choose python-lark-parser for
exactly this reason although upstream seems to call its software simply
"Lark" in most places.

Later I became aware of

https://bugs.debian.org/945823

which says:

"use the name you import in preference to the name from the PKG-INFO".

That is why I decided to change the name to python-lark. But given the
PyPI name clash this is certainly not optimal either. So this seems to
be a particular unfortunate case.

Any advice is welcome!

Peter

> Le sam. 28 déc. 2019 à 05:03, Peter Wienemann <fossdev@posteo.de
> <mailto:fossdev@posteo.de>> a écrit :
> 
>     Following the suggestions in
> 
>     https://bugs.debian.org/945823
> 
>     I have changed the name from python-lark-parser to python-lark.
> 
>     The new repository URL is
> 
>     https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-lark
> 
>     Peter