From f9ceb205f555e030a2da1ff118109b6f2a75d94a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxim Cournoyer Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:15:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention Python 2 packages should not be added anymore. * doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Mention Python 2 packages should not be added anymore. --- doc/contributing.texi | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 911c3a7bbf..e03d888bd1 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -776,9 +776,8 @@ the word @code{python}. Some modules are compatible with only one version of Python, others with both. If the package Foo is compiled with Python 3, we name it @code{python-foo}. If it is compiled with Python 2, we name it -@code{python2-foo}. Packages should be added when they are necessary; -we don't add Python 2 variants of the package unless we are going to use -them. +@code{python2-foo}. Python 2 packages are being removed from the +distribution; please do no not submit any new Python 2 packages. If a project already contains the word @code{python}, we drop this; for instance, the module python-dateutil is packaged under the names