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Re: Questions about the Debian Python Policy



Le mardi 25 octobre 2005 à 12:24 +0100, Donovan Baarda a écrit :
> > If you want to automate the process on the packaging side, using
> > dh_python will do all the work for you; you will only need a rebuild
> > when the major python version changes. Support for rebuilding these
> > modules automatically without rebuilding the package has been underway
> > for quite some time, but still isn't usable.
> 
> Do you mean;
> 
> Rebuild = new source package upload + new generated binary packages +
> distribute to mirrors + download for install on systems?
> 
> "rebuild these modules automatically without rebuilding the package" =
> only recompile *.py's installed on systems?
> 
> "major python version changes" = python (2.3) upgrades to python (2.4)?

Yes.

> I still don't see how anything is in place to recompile py's reliably
> when the default python upgrades.

That's why I'm saying it is "underway". It's not currently possible by
any means.

Regards,
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