Re: Proposed Python Policy changes for shipping py3versions

[Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>]

"Jakub Wilk" <jwilk@debian.org> wrote:

>* Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>, 2010-06-05, 19:31:
>>+	  will represent the current default Debian Python version.  The
>>+	  binary package <package>python3</package> will represent the current
>>+	  Debian Python3 version.  As far as is reasonable, python and python3
>>+	  should be treated as separate runtime systems with minimal
>>+          interdependencies.  Except as noted, policy for Python 3 is the same
>
>Either "Python 3" or "Python3" spelling should be used consistently. I'm 
>in favor of the former.
>
Agreed. 

>>+	  built or byte-compiled for these.  The supported interface to this
>>+	  file is <file>/usr/share/python/pyversions</file>.  The Python 3
>>+          interface is through <file>/usr/share/python/py3versions</file>.
>> 	</p>
>
>Huh? Are we going to move pyversions out of /usr/bin/? That would break 
>hell lot of packages.
>
No. Mistake on my part. Thanks for catching. 

>>+Build-Depends: python3-all-dev (>= 3.1-1)
>
>This will trigger lintian's build-depends-on-1-revision.

Good point.  Will fix.

Thanks for reviewing.

Scott K