Re: Proposal for transition--FRD

Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Why not the exciting name "python"? And confilcts with python-base? > Then all the module that depend on python-base (xxx) to be either > upgrader or removed. Am I right? There's quite a few packages that depend on "python", which is a virtual pa

Re: Proposal for transition--FRD

Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > 6) All packages with files in .../python1.5/ without versioned depends > > get a critical bug. > > Unfortunately, this leaves someone's system broken if they just > install some Python packages, a

Re: Proposal for transition--FRD

Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > 6) All packages with files in .../python1.5/ without versioned depends > get a critical bug. Unfortunately, this leaves someone's system broken if they just install some Python packages, and leave the packages that currently depend on "python-base

Proposal for transition--FRD

Hi, from the thread I started, I propose we try this: 1) Every package that depend on python checks if it works with python 2.1. 2) We upload python-base v. 2.1, and most of the packages will have to make a new upload (depend on python-base (>=2.1 && << 2.2) if anything installed in .../python2