Bug#904817: lintian: Warn that depending on both Python 2 and Python 3 interpreters is unusual, likely a mistake?
On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:16:11 +0100 Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
>
> > In the upload of translate-toolkit 2.3.0-3, I ended up with the following:
> >
> > Depends: python3, python3-pkg-resources, python3-six, python3-translate,
> > python3:any, python:any
> >
> > such that the package depended on both the Python 2 and Python 3
interpreters.
>
> Thinking about it, we have:
>
> https://lintian.debian.org/tags/python-package-depends-on-package-from-other-python-variant.html
>
> This won't trigger for packages unless they are called /
> ^python([23]?)-/ however. Indeed, this seems to be required so we
> "know" that a package is a "2" or a "3".
You don't need to know. All you need to know is a package depends on both. I
don't think that there is any need to limit it to pyhon{3}-* pacakges. It's
likely wrong for any situation.
Scott K
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