RE: python-gtk and python-gtk2 (and gnome packages), please comm
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> 3.
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> Quite messy, but...
> Since python-gtk2 require python2.2 or later, we let python2.1-gtk
> install as upstream does (in /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/) and
> install python2.2-gtk in /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk1.2/. And
> python2.2-gtk2 can install as upstream does in
> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages.
>
> This way maintainers of packages that depend on the old bindings can
> stay with python2.1 without changing the packages, or add
> sys.path.insert if they update the packages to python2.2. And programs
> that use python2.2-gtk2 and python2.2-gnome2 will run without changes on
> debian.
>
why is this so messy? You only compile for one python version and you match
the upstream in either case. The existing software works perfectly without
change in both cases. Seems like everyone wins here.
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