Thanks a lot to all of you, that clarified things for me! On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:10:11 +0100 Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 16 janvier 2008 à 00:31 +0100, Eike Nicklas a écrit : > > * Which value should the XS-Python-Version field have to ensure easy > > transitions of future Python versions? I tried using 'all', but then > > my (binary) package depended for example on python2.3-gtk2, > > python2.4-gtk2 and python2.5-gtk2. Does that mean that all those > > packages will be installed or are those only virtual packages to ease > > future transitions? > > These are virtual packages, and they are brought in by the > Python-Depends field. (Altough if python2.3-gtk2 appears, there must be > an issue somewhere.) > > > * In debian/control: The python-support docs recommend using > > 'Depends: ${python:Depends}' and then specifying the dependencies on > > other python modules in 'Python-Depends'. Should this method also be > > used with python-central or should then all the dependencies be > > specified in 'Depends'? > > If your package is an application and not a module, you don’t really > need Python-Depends. I should clarify the docs about that. (In fact you > need them only if you use Provides: ${python:Provides}.) >
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