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Re: Getting rid of dh_python



On 08/13/2010 10:22 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> We have currently 4 different Python helpers in the archive[0], which is
> about 3 too much. dh_python has been deprecated for almost 4 years, yet
> there are still ~80 packages that use it.

We definitely need to get rid of 3 of them, but this should be done after
Squeeze in my opinion. Although its annoying to release with so many helpers, it
would be a lot of work during the freeze to change it.

> [0] There are also some packages that doesn't bytecompile their Python
> modules at all. Or that just ship *.pyc/*.pyo in their binary packages.
> Or that use existing helper in "interesting" ways. Yay for diversity.

I think this should be fixed before Squeeze is released.


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