On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:06:59AM +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal wrote: > >>>>> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Le jeudi 18 mai 2006 à 08:17 +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal a écrit : > >> > There's no point in simplifying python packaging if in fact it becomes > >> > more complicated because we allow exceptions. > >> Then please suggest how to handle the issues that I raised with the new > >> policy. > > I don't see any issues raised in your messages. Having extra .so files > > is the drawback we have accepted when deciding upon this new policy. > Okay, if that's the decision, then I guess I can live with that. > > As for the ctypes example, it can be trivially handled with dependencies. > That much is obvious. The point is wouldn't it be confusing to the user to > call the package python-ctypes when it doesn't support the current python > version? Oh well, I guess I can put in something in the description to > explain this. A package named python-ctypes must support the current python version: it must ensure this by having a versioned dependency on the versions of python that it is compatible with. That means that if python-ctypes only supports python (<< 2.5), and python is at Version: 2.5.0-1, python-ctypes will not be installable (and will need to be updated). -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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