On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 08:20 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > I think the correct approach is the one that has been started: > > python2-foo -> python-2.x package > python-foo -> python-3.x package > > I am against using python3-foo instead of python-foo... > > We just need to bite the bullet and get this entirely fixed in our > repos.
So naming scheme is more important than smooth upgrade paths? You can fix everything in the repos, but you can't make a smooth upgrade path without leaving lots of unused python3 libraries on systems where python2-depending apps are installed. With numpy, I chose the easy and smooth way, and that's the way of adding provides and using python2 and python3 naming. As a sidenote, I think it will be very funny to see python4 getting released in the future. Then we'll have to rename all python packages to python3-* and name the new ones python-* again.
