"Barry Warsaw" <ba...@python.org> wrote:
>On Jun 30, 2010, at 04:58 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > >>On Wednesday, June 30, 2010 04:51:38 pm Piotr Ożarowski wrote: >>> [Scott Kitterman, 2010-06-30] >>> >>> > For Python3: >>> > >>> > 1. A new field called X-Python3-Version: It does not support lists of >>> > versions (e.g. (3.0, 3.1)). Acceptable values are a single version (e.g >>> > 3.1), greater than or equal to a version (e.g. >= 3.1), or strictly less >>> > than a version (e.g. << 3.2). Versions 2 or less will raise an error. >>> > >>> > 2. There is no #2. If your build system uses py3versions -r, then you >>> > need X-P3-V, if it's not there, an error will be raised. If it doesn't >>> > use py3versions -r, then it's between the maintainer and their build >>> > system. The field is not mandatory. >>> >>> why? If py3versions is invoked in debian/rules, then there definitely is >>> at least one python3-* binary package. Why do you want to make this >>> field required? I'd make it optional and assume all 3.X versions if >>> X-P3-V is not set. >> >>I'm trying to minimize the amount of implicit magic we do. >> >>There was strong consensus for Python 2 that "all" wasn't a great idea for XS- >>P-V and so we point people away from it. No implicit all seem the logical >>next step for Python 3 were we have more freedom to make things work the way >>we want. >> >>If there's some consensus for an implicit "all" in Python 3, I won't object. > >The question that comes to mind is why Python 2 and Python 3 would have >different rules? If there's a good reason (e.g. it cleans up a backward >compatibility wart), then cool. If not, then consistency between the two >might make a reasonable default. > I don't want to break a lot of packages. Both implicit and explicit all are widely used in Python packages. I think we have more freedom to do the "right" thing for Python 3. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/33acfeae-27f5-4a07-95ef-4407caf7a...@email.android.com
