Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 18 mai 2006 à 00:11 -0500, Steve Langasek a écrit : > A package named python-ctypes must support the current python version: it > must ensure this by having a versioned dependency on the versions of python > that it is compatible with. > > That means that if python-ctypes only supports py

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:06:59AM +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal wrote: > > Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Le jeudi 18 mai 2006 à 08:17 +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal a écrit : > >> > There's no point in simplifying python packaging if in fact it becomes > >> > more complicated because

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Ganesan Rajagopal
> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le jeudi 18 mai 2006 à 08:17 +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal a écrit : >> > There's no point in simplifying python packaging if in fact it becomes >> > more complicated because we allow exceptions. >> >> Then please suggest how to handle the issues th

Re: on packaging TurboGears 0.8.9

2006-05-17 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hey! Em Sáb, 2006-05-13 às 21:42 -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva escreveu: > Comments? Bug reports to my email address, please. May I go on and > upload the packages to unstable? I'll upload TurboGears 0.9 to > experimental, if it is ok, 'till it is released as stable. The modules > will go straight

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 18 mai 2006 à 08:17 +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal a écrit : > > There's no point in simplifying python packaging if in fact it becomes > > more complicated because we allow exceptions. > > Then please suggest how to handle the issues that I raised with the new > policy. I don't see any issues

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Ganesan Rajagopal
> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le mercredi 17 mai 2006 à 14:12 +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal a écrit : >> I understand the upgrade issues that pythonX.Y packages cause with multiple >> versions of python in Debian. However, for binary modules I don't really see >> an alternative i

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 17 mai 2006 à 14:12 +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal a écrit : > I understand the upgrade issues that pythonX.Y packages cause with multiple > versions of python in Debian. However, for binary modules I don't really see > an alternative in some cases. How about this alternate proposal for binar

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Ganesan Rajagopal
> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hmm, seems a bit backward to me. What if I don't have python2.3 installed at >> all. What's the point in keeping /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/foo.so >> around? > Nothing in policy will require that you do this. We discussed specifically >

Re: python 2.4?

2006-05-17 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 10:03:15AM +0530, Ganesan Rajagopal wrote: > > Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In short, the main decision has been to drop entirely python2.x-foo > > packages. They will, however, be provided as virtual packages, but only > > if something actually need