Proposal: the DPT will start adding a `python-` prefix to NEW source packages names, unless the upstream project already contains it
AFAICT all other major languages ecosystems packaging teams use a (semi?)mandatory tag to identify their source packages (results below from a very quick look at Sources, top results only): prefix: golang, rust, r, node, ruby, haskell, php, ocaml, python (on a voluntary basis), and others prefix+suffix: perl At the beginning, I remember being in favor of the current status quo in DPT, where each maintainer can choose to add `python-` if they feel like it, or just use the upstream name. Thru the years, i've grown more uncomfortable with this situation and i think the fact we dont mandate a `python` prefix in the team source packages names (and thus guiding the rest of the python packagers within Debian towards a common style) is detrimental to Debian as a whole, and we should change it. My proposal as stated at the top is to start from now on to prepend `python` to all NEW source packages in DPT, with the option to rename existing packages at a later date. What are other team members' opinions on this? Regards, -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrotosi
