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From: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Naming scheme for Python packages
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:52:08 +0200
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On 09/04/2013 10:51 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
>
>> commit 89114f39e4be7ac655fbdd7f00a5f985c8f4ce6b
>> Author: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
>> Date:   Wed Sep 4 22:12:33 2013 +0200
>>
>>      gnu: python: Implement the python naming scheme for pytz and babel.
>>
>>      * gnu/packages/python.scm (pytz): Rename this ...
>>      * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pytz): ... to this
>>      * gnu/packages/python.scm (python2-pytz): New variable, input python-2.
>>      * gnu/packages/python.scm (babel): Rename this ...
>>      * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-babel): ... to this
>>      * gnu/packages/python.scm (python2-babel): New variable, input python-2.
>
> I think I wasn’t clear when we discussed the policy: I think package
> names must be prefixed by “python-”.  By “package name” I mean the
> ‘name’ field of packages, which is what is exposed to the users.
>
> However, I don’t think that scheme should be followed for variable
> names: it’s tedious to type, and Guile offers mechanisms to
> select/rename bindings imported from other bindings.
>
> Thus I would do:
>
>    (define pytz
>      (package
>        (name "python-pytz")
>        ...))
>

This is quite Debianish. I like it.


Cyril.