On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 01:46:04AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Steve Langasek] > > python-dev provides an interface that packages can build-depend on > > which gives them both /usr/bin/python, and a set of development tools > > from the corresponding version of python. This is not analogous to > > petsc-dev, which only depends on the versioned -dev package. > The only point of python-dev seems to be to pull in the development > package for Debian's default python version. That it also pulls in > 'python' (another near-empty package) is pretty incidental to that. No, it is *not* incidental to that. Package: python-dev Depends: python (>= 2.3), python (<< 2.4), python2.3-dev (>= 2.3.4-18) If the python dependency were "incidental", there would be no reason for the versioned dependency. This is specifically there to ensure that you get a consistent devel environment for the version of python that's installed as /usr/bin/python. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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