Joe Wreschnig writes: > On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 09:33 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > [ Please don't keep the BTS cced if you reply unless you want to express a > > concern about the dh_python implementation suggested by the bug ] > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > Matthias has been working on integrating python-central support in > > dh_python and submitted #370833: > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=370833 > > > > This dh_python will use python-central for any binary package with a > > XB-Python-Version: field. There's no optional python-support either. > > > > So anyone unhappy with python-central should really come up with another > > dh_python implementation RSN. > > Previously we rolled back Joss's patch because Matthias didn't like it,
no, not because I didn't like it, because it didn't work. > and it took him several months to write a new one. Plus, Joss's patch > actually worked, and formed the basis of a system that's now in common > use (python-support). I didn't see any rewrite. > Since then, a new policy -- from Matthias -- has made that patch > invalid. It's unfair (at best) to demand someone write a replacement > Real Soon Now, when this *is* a replacement, and not soon at all, and > pycentral got a head start because it designed the new policy. If you start speaking about fairness, please consider that python-support was uploaded to unstable without any discussion, with dh_python forcing python-support for every rebuild of a package. In #370833 Joss claims that "it was decided at debconf to use python-support for python modules". That's plain wrong. I do not understand why somebody tries to make a point by telling nonsense. I didn't see any updates for python-support in the past months, Joss refused to change python-support, therefore I did move on with python-central, which is now in unstable as well. I made it clear at debconf that it's not a likely option to support both management tools in the python packages. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]