Re: Dependencies on Python
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:24:23AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> >
> > none; both packages should depend on python|python2
> > I am just waiting till python2 packages stabilise to upload
> > versions with correct dependencies.
> > But, of course, the correct way would be to have
> > virtual package python, provided by python1-base and python2-base
> >
>
> it is my understanding that
>
> a) not all 1.5 is compatible with 2.x
> b) not all licenses of 1.5 are compatible with 2.x
>
> until this is fixed, the maintainer should not add the python2 depends until he
> has personally tested it.
>
well, of course you are right, but both pycmail and grc are my
packages and I am an upstream author as well, so I
was referring to these two programs (and I am going to change
the licence of grc from GPL to something suitable, although
I think GPL is perfectly acceptable, but what would not one
do to make rms happy, right? <half wink>).
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
| Radovan Garabik http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/ |
| __..--^^^--..__ garabik @ melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk |
-----------------------------------------------------------
Antivirus alert: file .signature infected by signature virus.
Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread!
Reply to: