Le samedi 05 mars 2011 à 00:22 +0100, Piotr Ożarowski a écrit : > > Breaks: python (>= 2.8), python (<< 2.5) > > yeah, that's to avoid bug reports when someone will try to use this > package with (default) python 2.4 or python 2.8 (which will NEVER be > released, BTW). dh_python2 will create similar dependencies to those > generated by dh_py{central,support} if Breaks: ${python:Breaks} is > missing in debian/control (I like Breaks because... that's what > Breaks is for)
You might “like” Breaks, but this: Depends: python Breaks: python (>= 2.8), python (<< 2.5) has the same semantics as: Depends: python (>= 2.5), python (<< 2.8) except that APT deals *much* better with Depends than it does with Breaks. What is the point of doing that? -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' “If you behave this way because you are blackmailed by someone, `- […] I will see what I can do for you.” -- Jörg Schilling
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