Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-25 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 01/24/2016 01:32 PM, Ian Cordasco wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Requests has a policy of only supporting one version of urllib3. As > such, Debian attempting to be less restrictive will result in Debian > having to carry patches for those versions of urllib3 which Requests > will not support. The

Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-24 Thread Daniele Tricoli
On Sunday, January 24, 2016 12:13:38 PM Daniele Tricoli wrote: > So, an upload of urllib3 1.13.1-2 (note the Debian revision bump) > will be fine. Right now it's not. It's better I clarify more: s/will be fine/will not need a new upload of requests/. -- Daniele Tricoli 'eriol'

Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-24 Thread Daniele Tricoli
Hello all, On Sunday, January 24, 2016 12:28:37 PM Thomas Goirand wrote: > python-requests (build-)dependencies on urllib3 are too restrictive, in a > way which doesn't allow backporting without tweaking (build-)dependencies. Yes I realized that myself, but James Page already reported this issue

Bug#812465: [Python-modules-team] Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-23 Thread Brian May
Ian Cordasco writes: > If you'd like to develop patches to make backporting requests without > backporting the necessary version of urllib3, that's fine. I don't > think there should be a policy of carrying unnecessary unsupported > patches that will likely cause more

Bug#812465: [Python-modules-team] Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-23 Thread Ian Cordasco
On Jan 23, 2016 11:54 PM, "Brian May" wrote: > > Ian Cordasco writes: > > > If you'd like to develop patches to make backporting requests without > > backporting the necessary version of urllib3, that's fine. I don't > > think there should be a policy

Bug#812465: [Python-modules-team] Bug#812465: Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-23 Thread Brian May
Ian Cordasco writes: > Requests integrates tightly with urllib3. Trying to use an older version of > the dependency (or a newer version) can wreak havoc. Try using requests > 2.2.1 and urllib3 1.10 or 1.11. The right constraint is necessary to > prevent Debian from

Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-23 Thread Thomas Goirand
Package: python-requests Version: 2.9.1-1 Severity: normal Hi there, python-requests (build-)dependencies on urllib3 are too restrictive, in a way which doesn't allow backporting without tweaking (build-)dependencies. Instead of writing something like this: python-urllib3 (= 1.13.1-1) please

Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-23 Thread Ian Cordasco
Hi Thomas, Requests has a policy of only supporting one version of urllib3. As such, Debian attempting to be less restrictive will result in Debian having to carry patches for those versions of urllib3 which Requests will not support. The Requests project has already made accommodations with

Bug#812465: [Python-modules-team] Bug#812465: Please do not be so restrictive with versions of urllib3

2016-01-23 Thread Brian May
Ian Cordasco writes: > If you'd like to develop patches to make backporting requests without > backporting the necessary version of urllib3, that's fine. I don't > think there should be a policy of carrying unnecessary unsupported > patches that will likely cause more