Re: Packaging, supporting both 2.1 and 2.2
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:10:51AM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote:
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> 1a) as 1), but also provide foo symlink for python (default).
>
> as 1), but also make foo (Depends: python (>=2.1), python (<<2.2),
> foo-python2.1) with symlink /usr/bin/foo to /usr/bin/foo-python2.2
Ack! typo... should be /usr/bin/foo-python2.1
> The 1) options all force developers using foo.py to choose between 2.1 and
> 2.2. They cannot just depend on the default python, forcing them into
> cascading package updates when they change python versions. The varients
> simply provide different ways of making the foo script more accessable. The
> following alternatives allow developers to depend on the default python and
> minimise their package dates.
...updates.
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