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I am in the process of packaging python-pyinstaller.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084906
Currently my source package is named python-pyinstaller. It produces two binary
packages:
pyinstaller - installs executables to /usr/bin
python3-pyinstaller - installs Python modules to /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
I have been following the discussion about package names and have started to wonder if
pyinstaller wouldn’t be a better source package name. That is what it is called upstream,
and the “py” prefix already indicates it is related to Python.
Beyond that, I was wondering if it wouldn’t be better to only provide one binary file. I don’t
know if there is any value to the Python modules without the executables in /usr/bin. Is
there any policy or best practice that says this should be split into two binary packages?
Soren
P.S. I figured I would ask now as it is easy to make changes before the first upload.
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Soren Stoutner
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084906</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Currently my source package is named python-pyinstaller. It produces two binary packages:</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">python3-pyinstaller - installs Python modules to /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages</p>
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