Bug#944769: python3-h5py fails to import if offline due to apparent MPI failure

[Thibaut Paumard]

Hi Drew,

Le 02/03/2020 à 17:33, Drew Parsons a écrit :
>> Like you, I would keep h5py_serial and h5py_mpi separate rather than
>> submodules of h5py. Mostly because the h5py folks could in the future
>> want to use those two names and do it in an incompatible manner.
> 
> Fair enough, I'll keep them separate. (actually, I'll file an Issue
> upstream and let them know what we've done. They may want to adapt for
> themselves).

Actually, it may be wise to choose names that

  a) are clearly private, so people know they should not start using
explicitly h5py_serial or h5py_mpi;

  b) will not clash with anything upstream may adopt in the future, a
bit like choosing a debian-specific soname for  shared library.

why not _debian_h5py_serial and _debian_h5py_mpi?

Feel free to disregard this suggestion or choose something else as you
see fit. Just my 2c to avoid future headaches.

Regards, Thibaut.




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