Re: [Python-modules-team] Dependencies for python2.6-only packages (best practice)
* Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>, 2011-01-19, 23:04:
In the case of importlib, it's inclusion in upstream python started
with 2.7 but I'd like to provide the backport for at least 2.6.
python-support translates "XS-Python-Version: 2.5,2.6" into "python
(<< 2.7)" for ${python:Depends}, so once 2.7 becomes the default for
Debian, importlib would no be installable for python2.6.
Matthias Klose came up with patching ${python:Depends} during build.
After a conversation with Sandro Tosi we came up with omitting
${python:Depends} and defining the dependencies manually like this:
"python2.6 | python2.5".
IMO both solutions are perfectly acceptable.
Is there a better way to do this with python-support?
I don't think so.
And as a accompanying question: Does it make sense to still support
python2.5?
If it doesn't cost you much, why not?
--
Jakub Wilk
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