Bug#460625: Check for python build-deps doesn't allow packages relying on specific versions
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org> writes:
> The d-feet package was uploaded to NEW and rejected because of this
> lintian error:
> E: d-feet source: missing-build-dependency python | python-dev | python-all | python-all-dev
>
> d-feet, like more and more upstreams, relies on python 2.5 or higher,
> while we're currently at python == python2.4. This case, as well as
> the case of a package relying on an older python version than the
> current default one, is supported by the new Python Policy.
It sounds like, from your analysis, that the verioned dependencies also
need to be permitted for Python (namely python2.4 | python2.4-dev |
python2.5 | python2.5-dev) and if that were added, that would resolve your
issue. Does that sound right?
It also sounds like Python is enough of a special case that we really need
a separate tag just for Python build dependencies rather than listing the
entire alternative, since it's getting rather long.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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