Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The d-feet package was uploaded to NEW and rejected because of this > lintian error: > E: d-feet source: missing-build-dependency python | python-dev | python-all | > python-all-dev > > d-feet, like more and more upstreams, relies on python 2.5 or higher, > while we're currently at python == python2.4. This case, as well as > the case of a package relying on an older python version than the > current default one, is supported by the new Python Policy.
It sounds like, from your analysis, that the verioned dependencies also need to be permitted for Python (namely python2.4 | python2.4-dev | python2.5 | python2.5-dev) and if that were added, that would resolve your issue. Does that sound right? It also sounds like Python is enough of a special case that we really need a separate tag just for Python build dependencies rather than listing the entire alternative, since it's getting rather long. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
