Thanks a lot to all of you, that clarified things for me!
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:10:11 +0100 Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 16 janvier 2008 à 00:31 +0100, Eike Nicklas a écrit :
> > * Which value should the XS-Python-Version field have to ensure easy
> > transitions of future Python versions? I tried using 'all', but then
> > my (binary) package depended for example on python2.3-gtk2,
> > python2.4-gtk2 and python2.5-gtk2. Does that mean that all those
> > packages will be installed or are those only virtual packages to ease
> > future transitions?
>
> These are virtual packages, and they are brought in by the
> Python-Depends field. (Altough if python2.3-gtk2 appears, there must be
> an issue somewhere.)
>
> > * In debian/control: The python-support docs recommend using
> > 'Depends: ${python:Depends}' and then specifying the dependencies on
> > other python modules in 'Python-Depends'. Should this method also be
> > used with python-central or should then all the dependencies be
> > specified in 'Depends'?
>
> If your package is an application and not a module, you don’t really
> need Python-Depends. I should clarify the docs about that. (In fact you
> need them only if you use Provides: ${python:Provides}.)
>
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