On su, 2003-08-10 at 10:55, Matthias Klose wrote: > This seems to be a common misunderstanding. Therefore the CC to > debian-python that I have something as a reference.
ACK. (I'm on -python, so further Cc's are not necessary.) > Lars Wirzenius writes: > > As far as I know, it already works with Python 2.3. And 2.2. And 2.1. I > > like the fact that the same package works fine both on woody and in > > unstable. :) > > No. The package ships compiled python modules. These are maybe > compiled with 2.1 or 2.2. If a user other than root uses these > modules, python2.3 detects them as invalid and compiles them on the > fly each time the module is used. Um, yeah, it does contain a .pyc. I don't think it should: the postinst compiles the eoc.py file. The inclusion of the .pyc file seems like a bug due to unforeseen interaction with the upstream Makefile's install target. I'll have to remove the .pyc from the .deb in the next release. -- Debian developers for gentleness.