On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 01:36:53PM +0100, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Bohuslav Kabrda <bkab...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> Dne 4.12.2013 12:37, Bohuslav Kabrda napsal(a):
> >> > (tkinter is actually a subpackage of python itself)
> >>
> >> I guess you know what I mean here, but to be clear:
> >>
> >> tkinter is only an example, we got more, like pyserial, PyYAML...
> >
> > Oh, I see. Some time ago, FPC has accepted a change that says, that 
> > packages with "py" in name should be prefixed with "python-" anyway [1]. 
> > Since this only applies to newly created packages, we will have to cope 
> > with this, unfortunately. So my idea of handling this would be:
> > - all packages must have Provides: python-*
> > - packages that weren't prefixed with "python-" previously (pyserial, 
> > PyYAML), should also carry an explicit Provides/Obsoletes for the old name.
> > Sounds good?
> 
> What about packages named without the python- prefix for consistency [1]
> with other distros ?
> 
> Which rule should prevail ?
> 
> Dridi
> 
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#General_Naming
> 
The python- naming guidelines take precedence as they are more specific to
the situation than the general naming guideline.

-Toshio

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