Re: Bug#128531: tmda

[Adam McKenna <adam@debian.org>]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:55:59AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> reopen 128531
> thanks
> 
> > From: adam@debian.org (Adam D. McKenna)
> > Changes: 
> >  tmda (0.46-1) unstable; urgency=low
> >  .
> >    * New upstream release
> >    * Package split into 3 packages to help attempt to conform to Debian's
> >      braindead Python policy.  New packages are:
> >        python-tmda (Python libraries only)
> >        tmda (tmda and configuration files)
> >        python2-tmda (dummy package)
> >      (Closes: Bug#128531, Bug#131294)
> 
> I really like such ChangeLog entries :-(((
> 
> If you think, that the proposed Python policy is braindead, then
> explain why.
> 
> Your package restructering is braindead on its own and doesn't fix the
> bug reported. Why adding a python2-tmda dummy package?

Any policy that forces me to compile .py{c,o} object files in my postinst is
braindead.  Then I also have to delete them in purge/postrm, and the
packaging system knows nothing about them.

The dummy package is there so that people already running tmda will get the
new version automatically.  It will be removed in the next revision of the
package.

--Adam

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Adam McKenna  <adam@debian.org>  <adam@flounder.net>