Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread The Dude
Hi, Ok, I have read that too. 2.1.1 (and 2.0.1) are officially GPL compatible. I would be nice to have all Python related packages depend on a specific python version (Depends: python-base (>= 1.5.2), python-base (<< 2.0)), because with the current approach for Python in Debian there can be only

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Sorry guys for the silence. I had to go through upgrading my hardware, upgrading my line setup to a new provider with a flat fee, and finally, some real world work kept me busy. On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:35:15PM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote: > On 21 May 2001 20:57:34 +0200, Matthias Klose wrot

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 01:12:57PM -0700, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > Gordon Sadler wrote: > > I'd just like to comment on this. I installed python2.1 some time ago in > > /usr/local. However this leads to problems. You have to modify some of > > the code (eg PYTHONPATH IIRC) due to using prefix=/usr

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
On 21 May 2001 20:57:34 +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > I really would like to see 2.1 in the next Debian release. I'd like to > ask Gregor (the maintainer) for an upload schedule, so that other > maintainers can rely on this to get their packages ready for the next > release as well. Are there sti

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Neil Schemenauer
Gordon Sadler wrote: > I'd just like to comment on this. I installed python2.1 some time ago in > /usr/local. However this leads to problems. You have to modify some of > the code (eg PYTHONPATH IIRC) due to using prefix=/usr/local. Which code is "the code"? The code distributed with Python works

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 12:14:07PM -0700, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > Matthias Klose wrote: > > - new packages names python2.1-foobar > > > > - same package names, but add versioned dependencies: python-foobar (>= 2.1) > > > > The latter will cause some incompatibilities until all python2 > > depen

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Neil Schemenauer
Matthias Klose wrote: > - new packages names python2.1-foobar > > - same package names, but add versioned dependencies: python-foobar (>= 2.1) > > The latter will cause some incompatibilities until all python2 > dependent packages are uploaded for 2.1. I strongly prefer the latter. If people wa

python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Matthias Klose
ok, python-2.1. was released some time ago. When and how will it appear in unstable? IMO it doesn't make sense to support python2.0 AND python2.1 in unstable. Therefore I propose to drop 2.0 in unstable and upload 2.1. There seem to be two ways how this can be done: - new packages names python2.1