Hi, in my repository I package a lot of Python packages almost exclusively for version 2.x. I use the template described in [1] which works pretty well in most cases. So far, so good. However, I haven't found anything that covers how to build Python 3 packages. As most projects probably will consider either switching to the new version or supporting both versions, I think this will become more and more important. Maybe I missed something, but at the moment it seems to me, the details are not fully described. Maybe some friendly developer can give me some recommendations: 1. Are there any RPM macros definied for Python3? In /usr/lib/rpm/macros there are the usual suspects like py_prefix, py_libdir, etc. However, these macros are definied for Python2.x only. I haven't found macros for Python3 yet. Do I have to define it myself or where can I find them? What is recommended in this case? 2. What is the official naming schema for Python 3 packages? I saw that some packages in the OBS starts with the prefix "python3-" which I think is a good idea. Is this a convention or an official policy? Is it expected that Python2 packages will be renamed to "python2-" and Python3 packages become "python-"? Similar to the KDE3/KDE4 package renaming? (My impression is this will not happen soon.) 3. How to build packages in OBS which are written for Python 2.x and 3.x? I maintain the package python-lxml[2]. The source can be build for both versions which is good. :) I tried some variations but in the end I wrote two spec files: python- lxml.spec and python3-lxml.spec and committed it. However, OBS seems to build only the packages for python-lxml and doesn't look at the python3-lxml.spec. Do I have to create another project? If possible, I would like to keep everything in one project. Any recommendations here? 4. Anything else which is important for building Python 3.x packages? Thanks, Tom -------- [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/Python [2] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=python- lxml&project=home%3Athomas-schraitle -- Thomas Schraitle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX GmbH >o) Documentation Specialist Maxfeldstrasse 5 /\\ 90409 Nuernberg _\_v http://en.opensuse.org/Documentation_Team http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Lessons_for_Lizards http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/thomas-schraitle/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org