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[PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package variants.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package variants.
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:35:56 -0400

* doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Don't recommend adding Python-2
package variants by default.
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 11 ++++++-----
 doc/guix.texi         |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index afcc030b4f..31b875f817 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -612,11 +612,12 @@ To avoid confusion and naming clashes with other programming languages, it
 seems desirable that the name of a package for a Python module contains
 the word @code{python}.
 
-Some modules are compatible with only one version of Python, others with both.
-If the package Foo compiles only with Python 3, we name it
-@code{python-foo}; if it compiles only with Python 2, we name it
-@code{python2-foo}. If it is compatible with both versions, we create two
-packages with the corresponding names.
+Some modules are compatible with only one version of Python, others with
+both.  If the package Foo is compiled with Python 3, we name it
+@code{python-foo}.  If it is compiled with Python 2, we name it
+@code{python2-foo}.  Packages should be added when they are necessary;
+we don't add Python 2 variants of the package unless we are going to use
+them.
 
 If a project already contains the word @code{python}, we drop this;
 for instance, the module python-dateutil is packaged under the names
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index eb6eb99361..1f349144d6 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2014, 2015, 2016 Alex Kost@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Mathieu Lirzin@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Pierre-Antoine Rault@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Leo Famulari@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Leo Famulari@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ricardo Wurmus@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Chris Marusich@*
-- 
2.25.1

Message #8 received at 40030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 40030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#40030] [PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package
 variants.
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:21:05 +0100

Hi Leo,

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:

> * doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Don't recommend adding Python-2
> package variants by default.

LGTM, thanks!

Ludo’.

Message #13 received at 40030-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 40030-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#40030] [PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package
 variants.
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:28:12 -0400

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:21:05PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Leo,
> 
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:
> 
> > * doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Don't recommend adding Python-2
> > package variants by default.
> 
> LGTM, thanks!

Okay, pushed as 39356057bce20f74120b6d227567a943556717cc

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