On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 07:03:21PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:15:35PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > > I see python-numeric and python-numeric-ext have versioned dependencies > > > on the python meta package. It doesn't look necessary to me, there are > > > python2.2-numeric and python2.1-numeric packages, these depend on the > > > required python versions. > > > > If I understand you, python-numeric should have > > Depends: python, python2.2-numeric > > This wont work for python != 2.2. > > > > Cheers, Bastian > > I was thinking more along the lines of python-numeric not depending on > python. python2.2-numeric depends on python2.2 already... however, I see > the versioned python dependence is specifically recommended in > python-policy. > > I guess the problem is, if you have "python-numeric" installed, you > assume it will work with the default python. Hence you must know that > your python-numeric package and the python package are in sync, hence > the versioned dependency. > > My apologies for not thinking it through properly before.
I was just about to post a big explanation...again, when I saw you had figured it out :-) Does anyone think the Python policy need a bit more explanation here? would some "use-cases" help? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ABO: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info, including pgp key ----------------------------------------------------------------------
