Re: XS-Python-Version vs pyversions
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:52:57 +0200 Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
>Le mardi 08 septembre 2009 à 09:35 -0400, Scott Kitterman a écrit :
>> Does pyversions offer any real advantages over XS-...? All things being
>> equal, if both helpers support a common method for this I think we should
>> just use it.
>
>The advantages are cosmetic. And as already explained, this is an
>irrelevant debate. We should now ought to extract that information from
>build-dependencies instead of adding declarative fields that keep out of
>sync.
>
>This is currently impossible since it would require modifying
>the /usr/bin/pyversions script, which packaging scripts use to look for
>the list of python versions to build for.
>
I think the build depends versus separate control field or pyversions discussion ought to be dealt with via some policy mechanism (discussed separately).
Since it's just cosmetic, I the we ought to use XS-... across the board as a team best practice for people to use regardless of the helper in use. It's a very small step for commonality, but it's probably all we can do right now.
Scott K
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