Re: Policy for Specifying Supported Versions for Python3

2010-06-22 Thread Scott Kitterman
Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: If we maintain a standard that if in Python you import foo, then the Python package name is python-foo and the Python3 package is names python3-foo, I would think this is

Re: Policy for Specifying Supported Versions for Python3

2010-06-22 Thread Paul Wise
I don't agree with your analysis. I was hoping someone else would speak up before your proposal got implemented, but I can see that doesn't look like it will happen. I would like you to consult with a wider audience, at least -devel and -release, before Debian changes the python policy yet again.

Re: Policy for Specifying Supported Versions for Python3

2010-06-22 Thread James Y Knight
Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: I don't agree with your analysis. I disagree with your disagreement. Python3 is fundamentally incompatible with Python. It is a similar language, but not the same one. Some packages work on both. Most do not. Some will be ported such that the same source