compat-python, Zope...

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 01:02:48PM +0200, Oliver Falk wrote:
> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> On 14.10.2008 11:14, Oliver Falk wrote:
>>> Is there a reason, that there is no compat-python package available?
>>
>> The short version: The python maintainer didn't want to have one in  
>> Fedora and FESCo backed that decision. You will find a lot more about  
>> this topic in the archives of this list; for example in this 
>> discussion:
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-May/msg00226.html
>>
>> I doubt the situation changed in between, thus my suggestion would be 
>> to put your packages up for review in bugzilla.rpmfusion.org.
>>
>> If I'm wrong and if the situation has changed then we should try to 
>> move the compat-python* packages from RPM Fusion to Fedora.
>
> OK. I think I've read the whole old thread now :-)
>
> First of all: I *will* package compat-python and Zope/Plone, because I  
> need it at work. The only question is if Fedora/FESCo wants me to share  
> my work with the Fedora community or not!
>
> I can think of a Python 2.4 package that lives within the Zope tree to  
> make it extra hard for others to use it by accident - but I don't think  
> that this would be neat, seen from a FHS point of view.
>
> I'm not a big fan of third party repositories. DOT. This would lead to  
> an extra discussion...
>
> a) I maintain Zope/Plone (+ deps, eg. compat-python) in Fedora
> b) I maintain it on my *private* company repo
> c) NOTE!: I guess this will lead to packages a la  
> compat-python24-{elementtree,feedparser,imaging,lxml,setuptools,psycopg}  
> and maybe a whole bunch of others...
>
> So. FESCo? Do you want me to share my work with the community or not. DOT.

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josh