Package: python-support
Version: 0.5.3
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.4 of the Python Policy
I filed a bug about this before (#383958), and it was fixed in 0.4.2. However,
some time between 0.4.3 (which worked) and 0.5.2 (which doesn't) this change
was removed (I just checked, and 0.5 worked fine, but 0.5.1 didn't). Using the
recommended implementation of python-support again generates no python
dependencies to be included in the Depends line.
Even though the changelog for 0.5.3 says:
* dh_pysupport: always generate dependencies.
it also doesn't generate the correct dependencies
Interestingly, the control file for my package (bittornado) is for 2 binary
packages, bittornado and bittornado-gui. The ${python:Depends} for the first
gets replaced with "python-support (>= 0.2)" which leads to the error, while
the second gets "python". This seems strange too, as I think both should be
getting "python, python-support (>= 0.2)", but maybe because the second
depends on the first it doens't include the python-support depend for that
one. I'll try to attach my control file to see if that helps explain it.
I felt the severity was justified, as dh_python is now deprecated in
debhelper, so for users of python-support this is the only way to specify
the python dependencies. If I've made a mistake somewhere, please let me
know, as my package's latest version being included in Etch may be at stake.
You may also want to refer to these debian-python list threads:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2006/08/msg00097.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2006/08/msg00100.html
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages python-support depends on:
ii python 2.4.3-11 An interactive high-level object-o
python-support recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
Source: bittornado
Section: net
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Micah Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Uploaders: Cameron Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Build-Depends: dpatch, debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2)
Build-Depends-Indep: python-dev, python-support (>= 0.4.2), docbook-to-man
Standards-Version: 3.7.2
Package: bittornado
Architecture: all
Depends: ${python:Depends}
Conflicts: bittorrent (<= 3.4.2-2)
Replaces: bittorrent
Suggests: bittornado-gui, python-psyco
Recommends: mime-support
Provides: python-bittornado
Description: bittorrent client with enhanced curses interface
bittorrent is a tool for distributing files. Whenever more than one
person is downloading at once they send pieces of the file(s) to each
other, thus relieving the central server's bandwidth burden. Even with
many simultaneous downloads, the upload burden on the central server
remains quite small, since each new downloader introduces new upload
capacity.
.
BitTornado is the next generation bittorrent client built on
the original BitTorrent. This client features an enhanced
console/curses mode, lots of new features under the hood, and is
generally one of the most advanced clients out there. Get this if you
need to limit your bandwidth, or you want more control of your
torrents. It does everything the original bittorrent does, plus more...
.
This package only contains the curses interfaces, install the package
bittornado-gui to get the GUI components
.
Homepage: http://bittornado.com
Package: bittornado-gui
Architecture: all
Depends: ${python:Depends}, bittornado (= ${Source-Version}), python-wxgtk2.6,
python-wxversion
Conflicts: bittorrent (<= 3.4.2-2), libfreetype6 (= 2.1.7-2.4)
Replaces: bittorrent
Suggests: python-psyco, python-wxgtk2.4
Recommends: mime-support
Description: bittorrent client with enhanced GUI interface
bittorrent is a tool for distributing files. It's extremely easy to
use - downloads are started by clicking on hyperlinks. Whenever more
than one person is downloading at once they send pieces of the
file(s) to each other, thus relieving the central server's bandwidth
burden. Even with many simultaneous downloads, the upload burden on
the central server remains quite small, since each new downloader
introduces new upload capacity.
.
BitTornado is the next generation bittorrent client built on
the original BitTorrent. This client features an enhanced GUI, lots
of new features under the hood, and is generally one of the most
advanced clients out there. Get this if you need to limit your
bandwidth, or you want more control of your torrents. It does
everything the original bittorrent does, plus more...
