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and subject line Bug#1121669: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1032083,
regarding python-editor: New upstream version 1.0.4, *BUT* name conflict with
PyPi
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Source: python-editor
Version: 1.0.3-3
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
There is a new upstream version of this package available, version 1.0.4,
released in Feb 2019. Please can it be packaged for Debian?
Git: https://github.com/fmoo/python-editor
PyPi: none?
Interface: editor.edit()
Author: fmoo
However, and perhaps more notably, there is an unrelated package called
“editor” in PyPi that does the same thing, but which turns out to be
significantly more modern and more regularly maintained.
Git: https://github.com/rec/editor
PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/editor/
Interface: editor.editor()
Author: rec (Tom Ritchford)
I suspect that *this* is what many Python application devs will be using
when they need to launch an editor, because they’ll be looking in PyPi
first. I’ve made that mistake myself, thinking it’s a newer version of the
Debian packaged “editor”, then got worried by the apparently huge version
bump and changed interface before twigging that the two projects are
unrelated.
I suppose handling the name clash is really a policy matter for Debian’s
Python team. Does it even matter? Do, or should, Debian builds of python
packages generally have the same name as their PyPi equivalents? It’s
pretty confusing if they don’t match up.
Perhaps the solution would be to rename “python-editor” to
“python-editor-fmoo” or similar, with sensible migration headers, and
package a new “python-editor” whose name matches PyPi. Or some virtual
package or Alternatives mechanism, maybe.
Anyway, thanks for your consideration, whichever way this goes :)
regards,
Andrew
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.0.3-10+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package python-editor has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1121669
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
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pp.
Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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