Re: python3-distutils is not a separate package in stretch - uninstallable package in stretch-backports

[Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net>]

Le mercredi 22 janvier 2020 à 21:04 +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin a écrit :
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 04:53:22PM +0100, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to solve this bug on python3-setuptools-scm :
> > 
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928156
> > 
> > where the problem is :
> > - python3-setuptools-scm depends on python3-distutils
> > - python3-distutils is not a separate package in stretch-backports.
> > 
> > I think the solution of the problem doesn't rest on my shoulders :
> > the
> > package which does the job of python3-distutils in stretch-
> > backports
> > should "Provides: python3-distutils".
> I think that the backport should depend on packages it needs instead
> of
> non-existing ones.

So you agree the problem isn't mine, but disagree on the solution?

JP