On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 12:14:30AM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, 2012-12-08, 14:18: > >it might be worth considering whether we could instead solve all > >the real instances of A->B->C/D in the archive by converting all B > >to Arch: any in wheezy, and then just allowing the package manager > >to treat *all* Arch: all packages as implicitly satisfying > >foreign-arch deps in jessie. > If a Python module depends on an arch:any Python module, then it > must not be treated as MA:foreign. Otherwise you would get a > dependency chain like this: > foo:amd64 (linked to libpython2.7:amd64) -> python-bar:all -> python-baz:i386 > So with your proposal, we would have to convert tons of arch:all > Python modules to arch:any. Good point. I had a look, and there are upwards of 250 such Arch: all python-* packages in sid. So that's certainly not what I would call a shortcut. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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