On Thu, 2020-04-30 at 00:38 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 29. 04. 20 21:42, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > > What you say is true. I still don't agree that "python3.9" as a package > > > name > > > annoys humans. > > > > I am not a package pro, but simply reading along as an interested human > > user. To me, adding > > periods in package names can be confusing. > > My sentence was about "python3.9" not being more annoying than "python-3.9". > > I wonder, why do you consider periods in names confusing?
It's mostly when I am trying to relate program names, package names, and package file names. And I am also using Ubuntu which has its own Debian quirks and many dots. I'll adjust. > > We have around ~100 source package names with dot. Most of them have > versions, e.g.: I know. I am not sure that's an argument for more dots. We're only one hundred or so names from being dot-free would be an alternate take. > > clang9.0 > dotnet3.1 > freerdp1.2 > llvm5.0 > llvm6.0 > llvm9.0 > jboss-jsf-2.1-api > jboss-jsf-2.2-api > jboss-jsp-2.2-api > jboss-jsp-2.3-api > > Some use dot as a separator, e.g.: > > R-R.utils > R-data.table > R-futile.logger > R-futile.options > R-gamlss.dist > R-lambda.r > R-statnet.common > openoffice.org-diafilter > python-boolean.py > Why openoffice.org-diafilter rather than openoffice-diafilter? Most days I can blissfully type dnf upgrade and I'm fairly oblivious to all the effort that goes into making this work. Watching a list like this lets me see the hard work that goes into making my life much easier. > > I will adjust to whatever you decide to do, and I am not informed enough to > > want a vote in > > how > > this decision comes down, but I do not see an advantage to this sort of > > change. > > The biggest advantage I see is getting closer to upstream. Which is more important than my aversion to dots. I'll say again that I will adjust as necessary. Make the decision that will work for you. And thanks for all your efforts packaging up so much great software. > The command that the user executes is "python3.9", not "python39". > > I know no other place in the Python ecosystem where Python 3.9 is called > "python39" than the names of RPM packages (or other Linux distro packages). > > I've googled "python36", "python37" etc. and all I could find was > Fedora/RHEL/CentOS related (or AUR). We have invented that naming ourselves > and > we don't like being different :) > > (There is the "py39" short identifier used e.g. in tox, but not "python39".) > -- Lloyd Kvam Venix DLSLUG/GNHLUG library http://dlslug.org/library.html http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dlslug&sort=stamp http://www.librarything.com/rss/recent/dlslug _______________________________________________ python-devel mailing list -- python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
