Re: Updated dh_python to satisfy everybody
* Raphael Hertzog (hertzog@debian.org) [060620 01:35]:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> > - uses "XS-Python-Standards-Version: 0.4" as reference field to run in new
> > policy mode. The presence of XS-Python-Version will also trigger the new
> > policy mode (this is for short-term compatibility, it may be removed in
> > the not too-distant future).
>
> Joe proposed on IRC to use "debian/pycompat" instead of a new field. It
> sounds very much debhelper-ish and I like it.
It depends what the field means.
For me, the Standards-Version was mainly a marker to say "this package
is compatible to Version x.y of the policy" - which allows not only
debhelper to work on it, but also to search for old packages etc. This
is incompatbile with debian/pycompat (at least, if you want to do it
efficient).
> Several people have concerns with this Python-Standards-Version field
> because it may have implications further than dh_python. This
> debian/pycompat would solve that.
These people should bring up their concerns here.
Cheers,
Andi
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