Re: Python conflicts

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Baruch Even writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I've noticed that python package conflicts with LyX, I've also seen the
> discussion on the python policy but couldn't understand the exact
> reasons for this action and how to solve it.
> 
> I'd appreciate some explanation, it is also a good idea to file bug
> reports on all such conflicted packages so that the maintainers will
> notice the problem now, as opposed to waiting until they try to upgrade.

lyx has an unversioned dependency on python. We changed the python
version from 1.5 to 2.1, so all packages which have compiled python
modules, will break. The conflict is: lyx (<= current version>), so it
will go away with a new lyx upload. I removed it from the conflicts as
well, because lyx is only calling uncompiled python scripts.

I've sent a mail to all packages last weekend, just wanted to wait
with the bug reports, until all "basic" python libraries have
converted to python2.1.

	Matthias