Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-python] New eclass for Python

[Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Krzysztof Pawlik <nelchael@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 29/02/12 09:11, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 22:13, Krzysztof Pawlik <nelchael@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> If there are no objections then during the weekend (March 3, 4) I will add this
>>> to portage (after finishing remaining TODO items, PyPy requires 4G of RAM(!!)).
>>
>> Can we perhaps just name it python-r2 rather than python-distutils-ng?
>> Seems descriptive enough...
>
> Yes and no - it's named python-distutils because main focus was this
> combination, it can work for other cases too, it's just that it combines
> functionality from both old eclasses. Besides I like the name, but I can be
> convinced to name it python-r2.eclass.
>

The distutils-based packages are a good starting point. The name is a
good fit for that.

Looking forward, I think it might make sense to move some of the
functionality to a "core" python eclass that would just be for utility
functions -- similar to the python/distutils split we have now. This
would be used in ebuilds that are not primarily based around distutils
(setup.py).