Re: "py-" prefix shouldn't be needed for Python-based ports that are programs, not libraries
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:48:12 UTC
Yuri wrote: > I think that this section > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Python/PortsPolicy#Prefixing_.28py-.2A.29 > should be amended: > > Examples of compelling cases: > > * The port is a program, and not a library. > > > There is no need to have flavors for Python ports that build only > programs and don't build libraries. > This distinction does not practically exist; any Python package, even if primarily a program, can be specified and imported as a library in another as a dependency. See meson, which had to grow flavours when meson-python came about. Putting -pyN as ${PKGNAMESUFFIX} when not the default flavour for those cases can be considered however. -- Charlie Li ...nope, still don't have an exit line.