Re: which packages still depend on python2.3?

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang@gmail.com>]

On 10/21/06, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/21/06, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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> > On 10/21/06 05:13, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I managed to remove python2.3 without problems on my system, meaning
> > > that everyone uses python2.4. Are there packages which depend only on
> > > python2.3, and if not, why is it still kept around?
> >
> > On my Sid system:
> >
> > # wajig purge python2.3
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python2.3:
> >  python-profiler depends on python2.3.
> >  gnumeric-plugins-extra depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3).
> >  bittorrent depends on python2.3.
> > dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge):
> >  dependency problems - not removing
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  python2.3
>
> Unless you haven't updated in a while, the only one (of the three)
> strictly requiring python2.3 is bittorrent. That's according to the
> packages.debian.org pages.

Actually the latest bittorrent now accepts python2.4 as a dependency;
packages.debian.org updates slowly since the changelog is dated Oct
18th...