[arch-dev-public] [RFC] Python 3.3.0 and PEP 394

[Lukas Jirkovsky]

On 14 September 2012 10:54, Rashif Ray Rahman <schiv at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> Good one, we must provide for that. Nevertheless, what I meant was
> _not_ to have:
>
> python-qt
> python2-qt
> python-gtk
> python2-gtk
>
> But to have:
>
> pyqt
> python2-pyqt
> pygtk
> python2-pygtk
>
> As we have now. Prepending 'python' everywhere is fine, as long as the
> 'pyX' name remains. Now the ideal scenario would be:
>
> John: Fetch me 'pyalpm'
> Pacman: Do you want python(3)-pyalpm or python2-pyalpm?
>
> Now that I look at it that way prepending 'python' would be better.
>
>
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Just my 2 cents: I'd prefer "python-something" when the "something" is
compatible with both Python 2 and Python 3, and reserve
python2-something/python3-something when the "something" works only
under version of Python specified in the name.

Lukas