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| author | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2022-09-22 13:28:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2022-09-22 13:31:58 +0200 |
| commit | 9e02095f4ebf30eaf3291bca1e495e475e0a0784 (patch) | |
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Python docs: document attribute to use for non-PyPI projects
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diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md index bde4183a65b..fa7aa3ec924 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md @@ -1780,6 +1780,10 @@ The following rules are desired to be respected: that characters should be converted to lowercase and `.` and `_` should be replaced by a single `-` (foo-bar-baz instead of Foo__Bar.baz). If necessary, `pname` has to be given a different value within `fetchPypi`. +* Packages from sources such as GitHub and GitLab that do not exist on PyPI + should not use a name that is already used on PyPI. When possible, they should + use the package repository name prefixed with the owner (e.g. organization) name + and using a `-` as delimiter. * Attribute names in `python-packages.nix` should be sorted alphanumerically to avoid merge conflicts and ease locating attributes. |