Re: Bug#651962: Fwd: Bug#651962: python-argparse redundant?
On Saturday, December 17, 2011 04:32:04 PM Julian Taylor wrote:
> On 12/14/2011 05:30 PM, Jameson Graef Rollins wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:43:07 +0900, Arnaud Fontaine <arnau@debian.org>
wrote:
> >> About #651962, I guess that something like '<< 2.7' should be added
> >> to
> >> X-Python-Version...
> >
> > Yes, if python-argparse can be used by versions earlier that 2.7, but is
> > incompatible with 2.7 or later, then the dependencies definitely need to
> > reflect that. Thanks.
> >
> > jamie.
>
> in what way is it incompatible with 2.7?
> I have been using it since always with 2.7 and never had any issues
> (besides some pkg-resources warnings one can ignore)
>
> The change of python-argparse to 2.6 only now pulls the 2.6 interpreter
> for every package depending on it for optional 2.6 support (like ipython)
>
> I'd prefer it to have the dependency of argparse reverted to 2.6 | 2.7
> instead of having to split my packages or ship embedded argparse.
The presumption behind the recommendation is that argparse provided as part of
2.7 makes python-argparse redundant/obsolete. I'm guessing from your comment
that's not true?
Scott K
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