On 04/09/2011 12:06 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Sebastian (2011.04.09_10:44:03_+0200) >> Out of curiosity: what are the pros and cons of dh_python2 and where do >> dh_pysupport and dh_python2 differ? In view of #617001 I thought I'd stick with >> the successor of dh_pycentral. > > dh_python2 is aiming to be the replacement to dh_pysupport and > dh_pycentral. But not everyone is in agreement about that, yet. > dh_python3 is the only helper for Python 3. > > dh_python2 is simpler, in that it ships a static symlink farm for every > supported Python version at build time. This means the package needs to > be rebuild every time we change the supported Python versions in Debian. > Seeing as Python 2.7 is the last version of Python (python3 is a > separate stack in Debian), this shouldn't be an issue. > > Having the package only be useful for versions of Python it's been > tested with (assuming it has a test-suite) isn't a bad thing. Thank you for the explanation. Kind regards, -- Sebastian Ramacher
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