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new f9ceb205f5 doc: Mention Python 2 packages should not be added anymore.
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commit f9ceb205f555e030a2da1ff118109b6f2a75d94a
Author: Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 23 22:15:27 2023 -0400
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
