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Subject: Naming scheme for Python packages
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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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.
>=20=20=20=20=20
>     * 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=E2=80=99t clear when we discussed the policy: I think package
names must be prefixed by =E2=80=9Cpython-=E2=80=9D.  By =E2=80=9Cpackage n=
ame=E2=80=9D I mean the
=E2=80=98name=E2=80=99 field of packages, which is what is exposed to the u=
sers.

However, I don=E2=80=99t think that scheme should be followed for variable
names: it=E2=80=99s 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")
      ...))

WDYT?

Ludo=E2=80=99.