Re: list of package for python_support -> dh_python2 ?

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>
> > What is the process for deprecating python-support?  Who makes that
> > decision?
>
> Add a lintian warning saying that it is deprecated.

Lintian isn't normative though. We should only add a Lintian warning to
tell the packager of a *pre-existing* deprecation.

The deprecation itself isn't a matter of changing Lintian, but of
someone authoritative for Python policy saying that pysupport is
deprecated. Who makes that decision?

> Personally I've always wondered why a Debian-specific helper should be
> needed instead of python upstream behaving the way we wanted.

Those are not mutually exclusive :-) The helper is needed to make our
packages more sensible, while we continue to advocate for upstream
behaving the way we want.

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