compat-python, Zope...

[Oliver Falk]

Josh Boyer wrote:
> 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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Noted. :-) Thx.

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