[Mageia-dev] Python Packaging Policy

[andre999]

philippe makowski a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> remember this first draft (http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=python_policy)
> that is still a draft
>
> now we have also Python3 so we really need to write our policy
> I see mainly two majors points :
>
> 1/ pyc, pyo management
> 2/ having Python2 and Python3
>
> about 1/ :
> it seems that the best would be to package only py (smallest packages)
> and having triggers on install and on remove to manage pyc and pyo
> (That's in fact the Debian way
> (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-byte_compilation))
>
> if we go this way, we need someone to write triggers and people to
> review all Python packages
> (I'm ok to work on that review, for triggers, I have no clue on how to
> do, but may be that with some help I could try)

+1
(Although I don't have any idea how to do it yet either, but would be willing 
to try with some help, as well.)

> about 2/ :
>
> again we have to review all Python packages to see if they run under
> Python3 or not and to package them for Python2 and Python3
> (I'm ok to work on that review)
> may be that the Fedora policy can help us for that ?:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Python

I think it would be very useful to have coexisting python2 & 3 (like fedora).

-- 
André