Package: python-apt Version: 0.7.100.3+b1 Severity: wishlist
Hello, This is a request to add a new binding to the class pkgOrderList of apt. The idea is to allow to compute and set the pkgOrderList independently and reason about it. At the moment the only way to compute (via apt-get) the installation plan is to execute it and print a debug trace of it. For the mancoosi project we would like to compute the plan before executing it and to simulate the installation in order to detect possible problems in the installation scripts. I'm aware that this binding will export a read-only object and that the installation plan will be recomputed by apt-get. This will be sufficient for our goals. Provided a bit of guidance (I'm not very familiar with the apt python bindings), we'll be happy to provide a patch. look forward for your feedback. pietro -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python-apt depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg4.10] 0.8.14.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils [libapt-inst1.2] 0.8.14.1 APT utility programs ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.6.0-3 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.6.0-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii python 2.6.6-14 interactive high-level object-orie ii python-apt-common 0.7.100.3 Python interface to libapt-pkg (lo ii python2.6 2.6.6-8+b1 An interactive high-level object-o ii python2.7 2.7.1-6 An interactive high-level object-o Versions of packages python-apt recommends: ii iso-codes 3.25-1 ISO language, territory, currency, ii lsb-release 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base version report ii python2.6 2.6.6-8+b1 An interactive high-level object-o Versions of packages python-apt suggests: pn python-apt-dbg <none> (no description available) pn python-apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii python-gtk2 2.17.0-4+b2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge pn python-vte <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org