On 07/02/2013 09:16, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> > Debian's Python build helper tools are still breeding like rabbits, >> > there is a new one in experimental. I guess because the current ones >> > dh_python2/dh_python3 don't handle packages that contain only code >> > that runs on both python2 and python3 without changes. > pybuild is a necessary adjunct to dh_python3 that provides the dh(1) build > system integration, not an alternate build helper tool. I don't think > "breeding like rabbits" is anywhere near the mark.
Well, relative to other languages, I think Python's had the most changes with regards to build helper tools -- there was dh_pycentral, and dh_pysupport in the past which did more or less the same thing in different ways, and now we have dh_python2, and dh_python3. In contrast, Mono stuff have only had the dh_cli* set of things, and Java only had the javahelper bunch of things. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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