[Nix-dev] python-x.y.z-wrapper vs python-x.y.z-full

Peter Simons simons at cryp.to
Sat Oct 15 13:54:40 CEST 2011


Hi Florian,

 > the attribute name for pythonXYFull is python-X.Y.Z-wrapper. I'd
 > consider python-X.Y.Z-full to be more intuitive. Anything against
 > renaming?

use of the suffix "-wrapper" is very common in Nix. GCC follows the
same naming scheme, and so does GHC. I don't see what we would gain
from having a different suffix for Python's wrapper script. Besides,
the suffix "-full" would be misleading for all other uses of
python/wrapper.nix.

Take care,
Peter



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