Re: Piotrek's new preferred Python helper tool - (unfair) decision

[Ondrej Certik <ondrej@certik.cz>]

Hi Ben,

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> writes:
>
>> PS while converting [a package using python-central to use
>> python-support], remember to add to preinst something like these 3
>> lines:
>>
>> | if [ "$1" = upgrade ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 1.2.3-4; then
>> |     pycentral pkgremove python-foo
>> | fi
>
> Why does this not happen automatically when the package is upgraded
> from a version that uses python-central?

why is the decision unfair? Imho, if you find it unfair, you should
reply to his email in that thread with the word "unfair". We can
discuss it there.

Ondrej