Re: dh_python and python policy analysis
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:57:52 -0600, Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca> said:
> On Sat August 12 2006 09:34, Matthias Klose wrote: First time I've
> seen the design goals laid out like this. Thanks, and sorry if this
> is out of place.
>> No, not the whole design goal. Although the document is titled
>> "developer's view", the other goals should be mentioned as well.
>> These are meant to work around processes in debian which are
>> currently suboptimal, but unlikely to change.
>>
>> - The need to support more than one version of a python runtime or
>> to support different implementations was seen. It takes a while
>> until applications support a new version.
> What is needed now is a way to prevent all but the "default" modules
> and those selected by the admin from being built for all installed
> runtimes so Debian can re-step forward and properly support multiple
> runtimes.
> The new policies all-or-nothing attitude wrt modules is too much. It
> effectively forces one Python only and unnecessarily discourages
> Python hackers and developers because the cost of carrying all
> modules for all installed versions, instead of just those modules
> needed for the work being done in the different versions, can be
> quite high for someone with a comprehensive installation of even one
> Python version.
Have you actually read the draft proposal? How did you come to
the conclusion that only one run time is supported by that?
manoj
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