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Re: Proposed update to the python policy



Le mercredi 21 mars 2007 à 14:44 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:22:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> 
> > I think it's time to update the python policy with the progress that has
> > been made in how we build python packages. The proposed diff is
> > attached. In summary it includes:
> >       * the deprecation of the "current" keyword;
> 
> So with current deprecated, what is the solution for a package which wants
> to build a single binary extension for the current python version in a
> package named python-foo, with no support for other versions of python
> returned by pyversions -s?

If this is a public extension, this goes completely against the spirit
of the policy and should not be allowed. It just means more packages
having to migrate simultaneously with python-defaults.

> >       * making Provides: meaningful in the case of inter-module
> >         dependencies, as discussed at Debconf;
> 
> Do the helpers implement this, or is this going to be a policy that packages
> can't actually comply with?

python-support 0.6 already implements this.

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