Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-06-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:16:14PM +0200, Marc Dequènes wrote: > >> Let me reexplain the situation i was talking about with a little graph: > >> python-editobj (using python-support) > >>| > >> python2.3-soya (compiled) > >>| > >> python-ontopofsoya (using python-support) > >

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-06-04 Thread Duck
Coin, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Let me reexplain the situation i was talking about with a little graph: > >> python-editobj (using python-support) >>| >> python2.3-soya (compiled) >>| >> python-ontopofsoya (using python-support) >>| >> slune

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-05-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 08:34:37PM +0200, Marc Dequènes wrote: > > As Steve suggested, this can be solved by introducing a new variable > > named ${python:Provides} in dh_python, which will read the .version as > > well. Then, python-editobj will have a > > Provides: python2.3-editobj, python2

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-05-10 Thread Duck
Coin Joss, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As Steve suggested, this can be solved by introducing a new variable > named ${python:Provides} in dh_python, which will read the .version as > well. Then, python-editobj will have a > Provides: python2.3-editobj, python2.4-editobj

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-05-10 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 10 mai 2006 à 16:32 +0200, Marc Dequènes a écrit : > I wonder how some situations (if existing) may be solved as long as we > have unique non-versioned scripts-only packages and compiled modules > cohabiting. When for eg python2.4-soya needs editobj, it just depends on > python-editobj

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-05-10 Thread Duck
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wow, what a constructive response. You've surely been on this list for > years and must know all the changes that need to be made to Debian's python > policy. Why didn't you reply to Bruce's original question with your own > superior write-up of this

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-05-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 08:57:17PM +0200, Marc Dequènes wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Any summaries, partial specs, top level descriptions, particularly good > >> explanations of the stumbling blocks, etc., available for reading? > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PythonRoad

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-05-01 Thread Duck
Coin, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Any summaries, partial specs, top level descriptions, particularly good >> explanations of the stumbling blocks, etc., available for reading? > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PythonRoadmap Is this Ubuntu roadmap of any concern for Debian ? Is doko

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-04-30 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 30 avril 2006 à 01:48 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > > Any summaries, partial specs, top level descriptions, particularly good > > explanations of the stumbling blocks, etc., available for reading? > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PythonRoadmap As far as I know, this "roadmap" has neve

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 10:40:50PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Sat April 29 2006 16:01, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 06:28:32PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > > Also, to make python-gtk2 support more than one version, we could > > > only achieve that by providing the

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-04-29 Thread Bruce Sass
On Sat April 29 2006 16:01, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 06:28:32PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > Also, to make python-gtk2 support more than one version, we could > > only achieve that by providing the extensions in a single package > > or building them on install time

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-04-29 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 06:28:32PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > Today I was playing with the idea of having gazpacho support multiple > versions of Python. Nothing really forbids it, since it doesn't use > anything that is specific to python2.4, for example. > So I added gazpacho's modul

Re: Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-04-29 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 18:28 -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva a écrit : > That means I'll have whatever python version is the default one, since > python-gtk2 is supposed to depend on python2.3-gtk2, and will switch to > python2.4-gtk2. So I'm guaranteeing gazpacho will work, but I'll also > have th

Thoughts on apps supporting multiple versions of python

2006-04-29 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hello, Today I was playing with the idea of having gazpacho support multiple versions of Python. Nothing really forbids it, since it doesn't use anything that is specific to python2.4, for example. So I added gazpacho's module under python-support's control and made it not Depend on python >= 2.3