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Re: python3 deps





On 2/2/25 07:30, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote:
On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 07:26:53AM +1100, Matthew Fernandez wrote:

The Lintian advice appears to contradict mentor instructions. What is the
right approach here? Is python3 meant to appear somewhere else as a weak
dep?

The mentor instructions are wrong. But why is it Suggests and not Depends?
Is rumur-run unlikely to be used?

Thanks for the quick reply, Andrey.

I guess it’s about 50% of users who use this wrapper script. You’re right that a Depends is probably more appropriate, especially if Python 3 is pre-installed anyway.


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