Create RPM Package

[turicas]

This work is already being made by some Fedora contributors and (I expect) will be available soon in the official repositories.
You may want to watch the process: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266273

Note: I'm watching becase a library I develop depends on unicodecsv and I want to have it packaged to Fedora.

[apevec]

Thanks for watching, python-unicodecsv-0.14.1-1.fc24 is now available in Fedora Rawhide.
BTW I would like to drop python3-* which doesn't seem to be necessary and I had to patch python-cliff 1.15 to pass py3 tests, see https://review.openstack.org/226966

[turicas]

I think the Python 3 package is not necessary (I'm not contrary to removing it) but it could be very useful since we (as unicodecsv users) don't need to check Python version and use unicodecsv or csv (we can just use unicodecsv).

@jdunck, what do you think?

[apevec]

See #65 where it was mentioned:

You're using unicodecsv as a drop-in replacement for csv. The problem is that it's only a reasonable drop-in replacement for Python 2 csv. If it attempted to be a drop-in replacement for Python 3's as well, it would be a different API

[turicas]

@apevec, you're right. :)

[ryanhiebert]

Yeah, at least with 0.14.1, that's certainly the case. I have #67 open that compromises the mental model a bit so that it can be a drop-in replacement. I'd love feedback on whether that magical approach is really a good idea or not.

[apevec]

AFAICT conclusion in #67 is to keep advertising py3 compatibility but document clearly that it is not a drop-in replacement for py3 csv module.
As such, Fedora RPM will keep python3-unicodecsv subpackage with modified summary:
-Summary: Drop-in replacement for csv module which supports unicode strings
+Summary: Python 2/3 csv shim, not a replacement for py3 csv module

Better wording suggestions welcome!

[ryanhiebert]

-Summary: Drop-in replacement for csv module which supports unicode strings
+Summary: Drop-in replacement for Python 2.7's csv module which supports unicode strings

It's the same distinction as the README gives.

If there's a longer description that a one-line summary, a note that it's not a replacement for Python 3's csv module is appropriate. But you can't put everything in a single summary line.