Hi all, given that nobody complained to my proposal of last evening, I went ahead and implemented it.
I've updated dh_python (and the upcoming debhelper NMU 5.0.37.2) here: http://people.debian.org/~hertzog/python/ Here's what has changed in this dh_python (taken from my debhelper changelog): * Update of dh_pyhton - vastly refactored, easier to understand, and the difference between old policy and new policy is easier to grasp - it supports an -X option which can be used to not scan some files - uses debian/pyversions as reference source of information for dependencies but also parse the XS-Python-Version header as fallback. - ${python:Versions}'s default value is XS-Python-Version's value instead of "all" when the package doesn't depend on a specific python version. Closes: #373853 - always generate ${python:Provides} and leave the responsibility to the maintainer to not use ${python:Provides} if he doesn't want the provides. - uses "XS-Python-Standards-Version: 0.4" as reference field to run in new policy mode. The presence of XS-Python-Version will also trigger the new policy mode (this is for short-term compatibility, it may be removed in the not too-distant future). This means that the have to change the current text of the policy to enforce the use of the "X-Python-Standards-Version" field. This field must contain the version of the python policy that the package respects, and the current version is "0.4". Joe, can you do that please? I already documented that on the wiki page. If you have that field, then dh_python can work without XS-Python-Version. However if the field is present, it will still be used. Joss is satisfied with this compromise and has updated his dh_pysupport script to not mess with the dependencies and you can find the updated package here: http://malsain.org/~joss/deb/ What still needs to be done: - pyversions needs to be modified to not fail if the field XS-Python-Version is not present. He should in that case use the information of the debian/pyversions file. I will hopefully soon provide a patch for this. - all those changes need to be uploaded (tomorrow should be doable) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
