Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:04:12 +0100 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> Cc: "yuri@freebsd.org" <yuri@FreeBSD.org>, "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: "py-" prefix shouldn't be needed for Python-based ports that are programs, not libraries Message-ID: <E86BB3D2-5286-46D1-888B-A737BBE12754@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <202402161339.41GDdQX6005543@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> References: <593106a3-b1c1-4aa6-95b9-e0d15ed2cd47@FreeBSD.org> <9ecdf1c4-97d1-4a18-bd77-9aff2ee2cc8d@freebsd.org> <07d2ff32-b297-4f7b-8aad-be04b89df0ca@FreeBSD.org> <202402161339.41GDdQX6005543@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net>
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On 16 Feb 2024, at 14:39, Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> wrote: > > I've often thought this. I assumed there where technical reasons. However, > it does seem weird that, for instance, borgbackup is py-borgbackup, when > it's a command line program called borgbackup. > > We don't have c-git, or sh-freebsd-snapshot or even with perl, > perl-get_iplayer! > > Even with pyton, it's not coherent - yt-dlp is python, yet doesn't have > the py prefix. Do not try to find consistency in python packaging, there is none. :-) For example, on https://pypi.org/ which is the official index, there are ~5000 packages starting with "python". Some of these are likely named to avoid confusion with the thing they are wrapping, such as "python-vlc" or "python-xz". But lots of them are also plain python-only things so the python prefix is unnecessary. -Dimitry
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