On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 10:34:04PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Steve Langasek wrote: > > denyhosts-python2.3/2.4 do contain a python module. If and when the Great > > Python Reorganization finally happens, this ought to be a single denyhosts > > package depending on python (>> 2.3), python (<< 2.5). > This can already be done with python-support (provided that the code > isn't specific to a python version). Ah, in that case this would be my recommendation here... > > Since the package installs public modules, it seems to me that putting the > > modules and the app in a single package is the wrong solution. > We have plenty of modules which are packaged only for the current version > of python in Debian and it's not "wrong". This wouldn't be worse. The part I object to is including an app and a public module in a single package -- particularly one that happens to come with an init script as this one does. If it's a public module, it should be its own package. If it's not supposed to be a public module, it shouldn't be in a public directory, and then there's no reason to provide more packages than just the application package. > And the maintainer really needs to think if the modules are meant to be > public or not ... because I see no documentation of the modules, so I > wonder why we need to provide them for two python versions. Yes, agreed. > > In the meantime, the current packages have an RC bug, #361085, about the > > fact that denyhosts-comon *does* include a binary that tries to support both > > versions of python, but without appropriate dependencies to ensure a > > consistent python configuration. > Given the info that I've read here, if I were the maintainer I would have > a single package "denyhost" with everything packaged for the default > version. > If I wanted to provide the modules for another python version I would > use python-support. Agreed on both counts. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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