Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:49:36PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Okay. Perhaps, then, I should remove that dependency altogether, since
> ‘python’ will be satisfied by a dependency on either of
> ‘python-central’ or ‘python-support’?
You have to build-depend on python, because it's required by the Python
Policy[1].
>
> > OK, but most people actually use 1 space, and you don't use 4 spaces
> > in debian/control either.
>
> I do, for everything except the ‘Description’ field, where the number
> of indentation columns is significant.
Actually, I do it almost the same way, but I do not use 4 spaces, but the
number of spaces required to get all items on the same column, eg:
Depends: a,
b
But I don't use this very often, only for really long lists.
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ap-build_dependencies.html
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