Re: How to deal with Python script

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Tom Huckstep <tom-lists-debian-mentors@jaguarpaw.co.uk> wrote:

> It's a small package which contains a Python "helper" script
> 'teepeedee-share' to help with a basic configuration.  As far as I can tell,
> I have the following options:
>
> 1. Add a Depends: on Python
> 2. Remove 'teepeedee-share' from the .deb
> 3. Put teepeedee-share in a separate package
> 4. Replace the 'teepeedee-share' with a shell wrapper, which calls the script
>    if Python exists
[...]
> I like 4. and it is what I have implemented, but my sponsor is
> not so keen.

Have you considered adding a "Recommends" or "Suggests"?

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie