On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 18:07, Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote: > On 04/17/2012 11:43 AM, Stefan Ott wrote: >> Hey mentors >> >> I have a question concerning one of my packages (fookebox). It >> currently depends on "libapache2-mod-wsgi | httpd-wsgi" since it's a >> web application that is typically called through WSGI. As requested in >> #667838, I now added the configuration files required to get it to run >> through FastCGI with python-flup. However, I am not entirely sure how >> to change my dependencies to indicate that this is a possibility. >> > > Please don't be so prompt into deciding how a python code will be > executed by the web server. I use, and maintain SBOX, which is a > cgi wrapper, and which can run python scripts. This doesn't need > at all FCGI. I'd be very surprised if WSGI was needed in this case.
Indeed, I think the way I'm currently doing it is wrong. >> As I see it, one option would be to say that the package depends on >> either (libapache2-mod-wsgi | httpd-wsgi) or (libapache2-mod-fastcgi >> and python-flup). > > Another option is to not depend on anything, let the admin decide, > and just make suggestions in the README.Debian. Another way > would be to just use Suggest: or Recommends: (which isn't forcing > anyone into doing what it doesn't want). Yup, I moved the dependencies to Recommends:, that's probably the best solution for now. cheers -- Stefan Ott http://www.ott.net/ "You are not Grey Squirrel?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOk=tptzdjpypkh5nosemelkj+qae6ehg9hjgyqooycomq_...@mail.gmail.com