Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (156 mails)

[Pavol Rusnak <prusnak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/18/2010 12:45 PM, Dave Plater wrote:
> On 06/18/2010 12:01 PM, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:04:41AM +0200, Dave Plater wrote:
> >   
> > > > But I agree: the packaging policy needs an update here, stating when and 
> > > > why the python-prefix needs to be in a package; otherwise we'll never have 
> > > > a
> > > > clear consensus to give out to our packagers to get this resolved.
> > > >
> > > > @Pavol: if I remember right you were largely involved in most of the 
> > > > packaging policies, maybe you can shed some light on this as well?
> > > >
> > > > Dominique
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > I think an rpmlintrc is best as I can also make a comment about why it's
> > > there.
> > >     
> > No No No.
> >
> > if its just a warning, either fix the package or leave the warning in.
> >
> > Too much rpmlintrc hurt.

Yes, python- prefix is only needed when the package is a python module.
That said I tend to agree with Ludwig that private modules could be
installed in %_libexecdir/%osc and not %python_sitedir/%name, but most
of upstreams don't do that.

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