On Wed, 2026-08-12 at 10:53 +0200, Miro Hrončok via python-devel wrote:
> Hello Pythonistas.
> 
> tl;dr The python(abi) Requires are currently only generated for .py or .so 
> files. I think that restriction is not useful and would like to drop it.
> 
> 
> I opened 
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-generators/pull-request/80 in 
> response to 
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-coverage_pth/blob/0401cae6/f/python-coverage_pth.spec#_30
> 
> It extends the generated python(abi) Requires for any (all?) files in
> pythonX.Y 
> directory regardless of their extension or type.
> 
> It does not matter if the package installs .py, .so or different files.
> 
> Packages that simply drop a .pth file to site-packages or even only carry 
> dist-info folder still need to Require the package that owns 
> /usr/lib(64)/pythonX.Y.
> 
> Since the PR was opened couple months ago and received no feedback, I decided 
> to share it here as well. WDYT?
> 
> -- 
> Miro Hrončok
> -- 
> Phone: +420777974800

I agree with your assessment.

In particular I fail to see (my fault surely :-) ) about what are the use cases
where this is worth.

On the other hand nothing precludes that new python version have differences
that affect the way as those files, not `.py` and not `.so`, are handled by
python.

Best regards,
-- 
José Matos <[email protected]>
-- 
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