Josselin Mouette writes: > Le vendredi 13 janvier 2006 à 00:33 -0600, Joe Wreschnig a écrit : > > > - Some concerns were raised by the release team, that python-support > > > tracks it's own state instead of using the dpkg database. To keep > > > track of usable python versions, python-central uses a field > > > Python-Version in the control file (having values like "2.3, 2.4", > > > "all", ">= 2.3") > > > > Is there some reason python-support couldn't be extended to also do > > this? I agree it is a better solution than a separate database. > > I intend to make python-support use a .pyvers file listing the supported > versions. This file would be generated by dh_python, when using > dh_python -m 2.2 (for just a minimal version) or copied from > debian/$package.pyvers. > > Having a new field in the control file diverges from how debhelper > programs usually behave, so I'd like to avoid such a solution - and I > don't think there's a need for it.
I did outline the need for it. And I see no reason to add an artificial limitation on the python policy regarding how debhelper behaves or not. debhelper is a tool to _help_ packaging, afaik it's not meant to restrict something. Matthias