Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mikael Hedin wrote:
> > I think the proposed scheme with python2.1 and module2.0 et.al. is
> > really ugly and messy.
>
> I agree. Didn't the Perl packagers advise us not to go down this
> path?
There is only one Perl in Debian now , which is 5.6.x. So, there are
no more -5.6 and 5.005 perl packages (except for dummy packages for
the transition).
The major question is: do we still need to ship 1.5.2? Unfortunately,
the old python seems to be necessary since some old packages are not
compatible with 2.x versions.
I would advice to audit every package in order to see if it can run
with newer pythons and we may come up with droping a few python modules
rather than shipping multiple pythons, I don't know ...
However, I'm sure that the problem will come again with next versions
of the interpreter (like 3.0). So IMHO, we'll need to install multiple
python in the future. Then, better think about this right now rather
than realizing that we were wrong at the very last minute.
Cheers,
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Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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