[Python-modules-team] Bug#782756: Bug#782756: should not be in Section: python

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

JFYI:

Ben Finney wrote:
> Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au> writes:
> > On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 at 21:39 Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org> wrote:
> > > mkdocs is a "static site generator geared towards building project
> > > documentation". […]
> >
> > What section should mkdocs go into?
> >
> > I guess I chose python because it is most likely to be used by Python
> > libraries.
> 
> I'd say the ‘python’ section is only appropriate if the package
> primarily installs a Python *library*, or something very specific to
> Python programming.
> 
> A “static site generator” clearly doesn't meet that, IMO.

The next (or second-next) lintian release will contain an (initially
experimental) warning for such cases.

That lintian test currently already exists in pkg-perl-tools in the
"pkg-perl" lintian profile:

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/pkg-perl-tools.git/tree/lintian/checks/pkg-perl/application-not-library.pm
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/pkg-perl-tools.git/tree/lintian/checks/pkg-perl/application-not-library.desc

(So Damyan maybe already knows about it. :-)

But it is mostly not perl-specific and that's the reason why it will
be moved to lintian after the Jessie release. :-)

> Package section descriptions for “unstable” are listed at
> <URL:https://packages.debian.org/unstable/>.

Thanks for that idea! That makes a good hint for the full description
of the lintian warning.

		Regards, Axel
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