On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Gregor Hoffleit wrote:
> I have put together a set of experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages. To use > them with apt, try the following line: > [...] > > * Python 1.5.2 release candidate 1. > > * libpython1.5.so reworked. Please report any anomalities! If I don't > get any negative feedback, the next potato packages will use a shared > libpython for the first time in Debian history ;-) > Excellent! > > * break sketch 0.5.4. This is a problem with the new multi-threaded > Tkinter and sketch' Pax modules. Sketch' author will try to fix this, > in the meantime sketch will have to provide an alternative > python-tk-nothreads package. > This should be thought out very well... There should be a way to tell sketch to use a "private _tkinter", and have the standard _tkinter available as well (IMHO) > > * python-doc 1.5.2. Is html enough, or should I also include > python-doc-ps and python-doc-pdf. > I think that having both ps and pdf is a bit overkill; look out for a4/letter, and maybe make two packages like python-doc-ps-a4 and python-doc-ps-ltr instead of a single one (or pdf-a4 and pdf-letter, if the consesus is pdf being better than ps). I seem to remember there is now a complete info set, which I sure would like to install for use within {x,}emacs, but I don't know how many of debian/python users would find a need for it. Have a nice forthweek. l.