I will be able to look into it only in Jan 2nd week. If there is consensus, please feel free to change it.
On Friday, December 30, 2011, Julian Taylor wrote: > tags 653650 + wontfix > thanks > > On 12/30/2011 12:29 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Source: ipython > > Version: 0.11-2 > > Severity: normal > > > > The unconditional dependency on python-argparse always pulls in > python2.6. > > > > argparse was included in python2.7 > > > > Please change the argparse dependency to > > python (>= 2.7) | python-argparse > > > > The same change also makes sense for the build dependencies. > > > > > > This will not install python-argparse needed for the 2.6 variants. > The only really satisfying option is adding explicit ipython2.6 packages > which I'm not going to do that as 2.6 will disappear at some point and > packaging is complex enough as is. > > It is my opinion that argparse should revert the 2.6 only change instead > of forcing everyone else to update their packages for no valid reason. > The better way to phase out python-argparse is to wait until python2.6 > removal and then let python provide it (like ubuntu did). > To get rid of the harmless pkg-ressources warning one could remove the > 2.7 symlinks from the package. > > -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
