On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:07:41 +0200 Pierre Habouzit wrote: > Le sam 12 août 2006 16:52, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:25:23 +0200 Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > > Le sam 12 août 2006 14:08, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > > > > Yes, I object to removing python-gdchart, as it is *not* binary > > > > compatible with python-gdchart2, and is used by moinmoin. > > > > > > sorry, I assumed too quickly that no answer on the bug was an > > > implicit yes. So the package will need transitioning to the new > > > python policy then. > > > > Ok. And yes, the package needs to switch to the new python policy - > > haven't looked at that - partly due to real life tasks, partly to > > the use of cdbs (which only recently seemed reliably supporting the > > switch). Also I would really want my packaging to be backport'able > > to sarge, which I suspect a standard switch to the new python policy > > will break. So I might look into writing an improved > > backwards-compatible cdbs snippet... > > the new policy is hard to backport indeed. but just consider that > etch should be released soon :]
I suspected this argument to come ;-) Actually, from a cdbs packaging standpoint, I believe it might not be: If the old packaging works by simply including the python cdbs snippet, and the new one works the same, then it is (theoretically, at least) a matter of adding an option to force using the old cdbs rules. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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