On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:39:48AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Piotr Ożarowski <[email protected]> (03/03/2009): > > [Cyril Brulebois, 2009-03-03] > > > Piotr Ożarowski <[email protected]> (02/03/2009): > > > > [Ben Finney, 2009-03-02] > > > > > Why does this not happen automatically when the package is upgraded > > > > > from a version that uses python-central?
> > > > how can dh_pysupport know that x versions ago this package was using > > > > python-central? > > > I suggest you check “6.6 Details of unpack phase of installation or > > > upgrade” in the Policy. > > > (I'm not sure whether -central is so buggy that it can't handle removal > > > properly, but I guess it could be.) > > see #479852 > OK. I guess it's the answer Ben was looking for. > And well, that might make pretty obvious to anyone not convinced yet > that -central can't really be considered a “chosen one”, no? So how does python-support address this bug without instead making python-based programs excessively brittle during upgrades? There are tradeoffs here. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
