On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:43:29PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le vendredi 25 août 2006 à 09:41 +0200, Raphael Hertzog a écrit :
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: > > > AIUI debian/pycompat is not needed anymore currently as dh_python has > > > enough by having the XS-Python-Version field, while if you are using > > > python-support dh_python is not used at all anymore so it doesn't need > > > the debian/pycompat anymore either. > > > Please correct me if I'm wrong. Also the wiki needs updating to > > > reflect this, so if no one corrects me I will do that (unless someone > > > beats me to it). > > You're right. However there's no point in changing that now, until we have > > a proper plan to get rid of dh_python completely and replacing it with > > another common infrastructure to generate the ${python:*} substitutions. > > I tried to propose one but Matthias Klose didn't respond at all and > > Josselin Mouette hasn't given his approval for such a common > > infrastructure (even if he agreed on the principle the day when he agreed > > to keep dh_python as common thing). > I will not use the common infrastructure until it gets seriously fixed. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11709 2006-08-10 13:30 /usr/bin/dh_pysupport > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24020 2006-07-10 14:14 /usr/bin/dh_python > This means twice as much code without handling all cases dh_pysupport > currently handles (including compatibility with the "old" dh_python). > Currently, with a relatively small amount of work, we could completely > replace dh_python with dh_pysupport without breaking compatibility for > older packages, and I believe this would be the sanest approach. However > Joey Hess doesn't want this to happen as long as python-central exists, > and I fear that Matthias Klose will refuse anything that would bring us > out of this horrible "new policy" mess (despite the proof that 80% of > this "policy" thing is nothing but useless complication for package > maintainers). I object to basing future work exclusively on dh_pysupport as long as it implements your unilateral decision to abandon the XB-Python-Version field and deprecate the XS-Python-Version without offering any alternative suitable for mass-detection of binNMU candidates. -- 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/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]