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Package: git-core
Version: 1.2.4-1
Distribution: unstable
Hi!
git-core internally uses python to eg. do merges, but python is
missing from the dependancy list. Please add it.
Thanks,
Jan-Benedict
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On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 04:09:28PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-06 13:58:18 +0000, Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 11:53:49AM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > > A quite typical operation is a "git pull", which indeed may require
> > > some merges, in which case python is used...
> > >
> > > So it's not something that doesn't happen, it's something that happens
> > > regularly:)
> >
> > Yes, but for a git server installation for example, python isn't needed.
> > I think Recommends: python fits this just fine, it says it's recommended
> > to have python installed, but it's not always necessary. With Depends:
> > python you don't have this choice.
>
> I'm not even sure on that. I've never tried to push to a branch that
> was not fully pull'ed into the branch I'm about to push. Though I
> *think* that even that might work...
I still think a Recommends: python is strong enough, since parts of the
core can be used without it. If you want full functionality of
git-core, you need to install all Recommends.
Thanks, Gerrit.
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