Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 02:07 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Matthias Klose [Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:56:29 +0200]: > > > > > I agree that having Python-Version in binary packages is dislikeable. > > > > Out of curiosity, Matthias, would be a DEBIAN/pyversions file able to > > > > provide the same infor

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Matthias Klose [Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:56:29 +0200]: > > > I agree that having Python-Version in binary packages is dislikeable. > > > Out of curiosity, Matthias, would be a DEBIAN/pyversions file able to > > > provide the same information to pycentral? ^^^ > just lo

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Joey Hess
(Thanks for the CC.) Matthias Klose wrote: > I haven't yet seen any reasoning why people are seeing that > information as "cluttering the database" or just as "ugly". Causing unrelated programs like dpkg-repack to spew warning messages is, by definition, ugly. Using X- fields, which are intended

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Matthias Klose
> Le lun 24 juillet 2006 19:52, Adeodato Sim=C3=B3 a =C3=A9crit : > > * Pierre Habouzit [Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:11:14 +0200]: > > > just FYI, it's not mandatory [XB-Python-Version], one can use > > > debian/pyversions instead (with python-support). > > > > Hm. I can see how debian/pyversions can subst

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le lun 24 juillet 2006 19:52, Adeodato Simó a écrit : > * Pierre Habouzit [Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:11:14 +0200]: > > just FYI, it's not mandatory [XB-Python-Version], one can use > > debian/pyversions instead (with python-support). > > Hm. I can see how debian/pyversions can substitute XS-Python-Versio

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Pierre Habouzit [Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:11:14 +0200]: > just FYI, it's not mandatory [XB-Python-Version], one can use > debian/pyversions instead (with python-support). Hm. I can see how debian/pyversions can substitute XS-Python-Version (both are available only at build time), but I fail to see h

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le lun 24 juillet 2006 16:26, Joey Hess a écrit : > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > dpkg-repack (from sid dpkg 1.13.22) gives warnings when repacking > > python packages: > > > > ... > > warning, `./dpkg-repack-5343/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined > > field `Python-Version' > > ... > > > > What ef

Re: dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-24 Thread Joey Hess
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > dpkg-repack (from sid dpkg 1.13.22) gives warnings when repacking python > packages: > > ... > warning, `./dpkg-repack-5343/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field > `Python-Version' > ... > > What effect does this have? Can the .deb be used or not? It's harmless,

Re: Python Policy suggests dependencies that prevent installation

2006-07-24 Thread Loïc Minier
Hi, (I've opened a bug report against the Python Policy now, please Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sun, Jul 23, 2006, Steve Langasek wrote: > Are we talking about the case in which /usr/bin/python is still << 2.4, or > are we talking about what such packages should do Coming Soon? The poli