> Normally the symlinks are not removed on upgrades, to keep files > available during upgrades. We need a way to remove these on upgrade > to package not using pycentral in the future. This lets the preinst of a new > version > of a package drop a file, so that the symlinks are removed on upgrade in any > case.
Do I understand correctly that no packages will be uploaded to hardy that make use of this new functionality - it's only being added to ensure that packages in intrepid or later, which previously used python- central but no longer do, can rely on this functionality being present without having to have a versioned dependency on python-central? I'm ok with such an infrastructure change in SRU, as long as it's /only/ an infrastructure change and doesn't change any existing behavior. Fix for Debian bug #409390 - self-explanatory, no objections to including a fix in SRU. (Wasn't there also a bug in LP about this same issue?) Bug #225927 - ok, I wondered if this were a dpkg consistency question, but didn't realize this had been confirmed. Your proposed fix is definitely reasonable there. > * pycentral updatedefault: Call py_compilefiles with `-f' for private > modules. > -> we can't rely on the timestamp, if we change the default python version Is there a bug reference for this? I don't have enough context here to understand what this is about. What timestamp was being relied on? > * dh_pycentral: Install the preinst script for packages having > private modules; really closes: #477180. > -> needed for updates with new or non-existing files in the new version. Which change in the source does this correspond to? I don't see any changes in the diff that look like they fit this description. The other changes don't look to me like they warrant inclusion in an SRU (one is a change to a build-time tool, and there's no mention here of packages that need to be rebuilt once these fixes are available; the other is a fix for /usr/bin/python not being a symlink, which it always is when using distribution packages), but I won't reject the SRU on those grounds either. But please answer the question in the preceding paragraph. -- SRU for hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237654 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
