Re: python again (was: Bug#225999: ITP: debsync -- installed packages synchronization tool)
* John Goerzen (jgoerzen@complete.org) [040106 18:40]:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:33:45PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > Perl has some sense of backward compatibility?
> > If this questions should mean that Python has not, than Python is
> > fundamentaly broken, and using Python anywhere important would mean an
> > error. Thanks for clarification.
> No; it means that the way we handle Python in Debian is broken. Python
> itself is fine.
>
> Please be observant of the distinction.
Of course. However, I said a "If this ... mean".
However, independent of the answer to this, after this discussion it
seems obvious to me that the handling of Python in Debian is broken.
Some other contributors have shown ways how Python could handled a
cleaner, and I think that should be done ASAP.
Cheers,
Andi
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