Re: python packaging infrastructure
Josselin Mouette writes:
> Le vendredi 13 janvier 2006 à 00:33 -0600, Joe Wreschnig a écrit :
> > > - Some concerns were raised by the release team, that python-support
> > > tracks it's own state instead of using the dpkg database. To keep
> > > track of usable python versions, python-central uses a field
> > > Python-Version in the control file (having values like "2.3, 2.4",
> > > "all", ">= 2.3")
> >
> > Is there some reason python-support couldn't be extended to also do
> > this? I agree it is a better solution than a separate database.
>
> I intend to make python-support use a .pyvers file listing the supported
> versions. This file would be generated by dh_python, when using
> dh_python -m 2.2 (for just a minimal version) or copied from
> debian/$package.pyvers.
>
> Having a new field in the control file diverges from how debhelper
> programs usually behave, so I'd like to avoid such a solution - and I
> don't think there's a need for it.
I did outline the need for it. And I see no reason to add an
artificial limitation on the python policy regarding how debhelper
behaves or not. debhelper is a tool to _help_ packaging, afaik it's
not meant to restrict something.
Matthias
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