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Re: python-minimal



On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 09:00:53PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:

> The alsa-utils package depends on python-minimal.

> As a result, I must now have two versions of python installed.  That's
> a bug.

> alsa-utils should depend on "python | python-minimal", or perhaps the
> python packages should Provide python-minimal.

> Does this seem right?

Er... alsa-utils should be depending on python, *not* on python-minimal at
all.  The previous discussion of this package was that python-minimal exists
only for the possibility of use as an Essential: yes package, should never
be installed without python, and should not be used as a dependency by other
packages.

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