I would prefer protobuf.socketrpc to be consistent with the java package name. I'll add you as developer. Make sure the description of the new download mentions that it is not backward compatible since package names have changed.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Jan Dittberner <ja...@debian.org> wrote: > Hello protobuf-socket-rpc developers, > > I intend to package the Python version of protobuf-socket-rpc for > Debian [1]. Unfortunatelly this is not possible as straightforward as > I hoped because of some issues with the current Python code structure. > > The first issue is the module name. The Debian project has a policy > regarding Python module packaging [2] that recommends to use the > module's import name to construct the actual package name. In your > case this would lead to a package python-protobuf. This name, as you > might have guessed, is already occupied by Google's protobuf Python > code [3]. To fix this issue I suggest to rename your module to > protobuf.socket.rpc. I worked on the necessary changes and added a > working patch to your issue tracker [4]. I hope you consider this > change to avoid name conflicts, not only with python-protobuf, which > is more of a Debian policy issue, but with potential other protobuf > extensions. > > It would be nice to have a upstream changelog in the source tarball, I > filed an issue to add it too [5]. > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602004 > [2] > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names > [3] http://packages.debian.org/sid/python-protobuf > [4] http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-socket-rpc/issues/detail?id=17 > [5] http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-socket-rpc/issues/detail?id=16 > > I also got the impression that the Python structure was a bit (too > much) inspired by Maven's directory structure conventions, which is a > good thing for Java projects but not as much for Python projects. If > you are interested I would like to refactor the directory structure > and setup.py to create a more pythonic package (including a working > python setup.py test for running unit tests). > > > Regards > Jan Dittberner > > -- > Jan Dittberner - Debian Developer > GPG-key: 4096R/558FB8DD 2009-05-10 > B2FF 1D95 CE8F 7A22 DF4C F09B A73E 0055 558F B8DD > http://www.dittberner.info/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMzeH0AAoJEKc+AFVVj7jd238QANxeqChvCbKpr75iUrblhANA > t+u6ozH9HKrI3er8v363RcUtzTiWcXhw0vMsa0J4WT+WX3Mxwv+XyN/z7e0IcEje > LRWAKqP2WcfyhmWy+G70kW4jhvU5ckccDkuMLBvodXw40obOzUWMiWJskNdB80k3 > 76mZlRNLusSlBH5MwfMv6OSfzjwh72S8dBvTg8KVRSCv9ylv9YxPCZyLnYhwbXXv > 8pEJob1cr9/LB4jhWAnSBzd2X8K6iqp/rFl9LGGrNmMM8EHgDa1QBtYWgSncsWM8 > 8OmcPV5HmO+sBvX4pmJ4azaiedkzGr7uAd6IVeiVMSSV91axTv+WvbuR9GgvFp4A > RLHD3+mbvAZ4RzYC+x/8CFbrDUBJ2GtdhLaaJwUh0NA9e5IIJmxnM+PtFV7G5r/s > hKNK0LwHbK8enGgkKlnkOFA68QP7lhG2gCp7XjiPMPPvba5qy+yNtdXY3v1aDkR2 > G3fVT2PdBAwzhKpuQCpUnjvFgkArpMfYeegJc32lK7594D0JCFy13d8LODkVCQqu > ANbDzseafGJxDpvoDYIB/lIXEIoKylFANxGzVCy+6yhqaV+Zn8pBsMbusWPBdwIM > x2sDFillPv/dXSWuNwoXjiWzwF696FMlXMJSW/xmsNUGSAm2EwBxW0wbAkUa8pum > ed9onf4q/yoyLlq/KG4S > =eXz8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
