Hey Stuart. On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 7:09 AM Stuart Prescott <[email protected]> wrote: > If a versioned dependency on Python is needed, it usually needs to be in > place before building the package (it would often result in FTBFS with > the incompatible Python version) - it therefore needs to be in the > Build-Depends, not the Depends field.
May I ask why this is the case? I mean is the actual Python code executed during the build? In my case, the Python code I'm packaging is simply using some newer language features, so I wanted a way that people that potentially build and/or install the package see early hat it won't work with their stone-aged Python interpreter. ;-) Thanks, Philippe
