Re: python transition and python-xml

2003-08-11 Thread Alexandre Fayolle
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 01:26:46PM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > > > Hi, > > I need the python-xml package to rebuild some of my packages > (python-gtk, python-gtk2, python-gnome2, python-pyorbit, rubrica), but > python-xml is away from unstable because of transition. > > Several packages us

Re: python 2.2 to python 2.3 transition

2003-08-11 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lun 11/08/2003 à 01:04, Donovan Baarda a écrit : > you end up with multiple packages where the only difference is the > versioned depends on python not very efficient. I'm not saying it is efficient, but it is simple and it works. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette/\./\ : :' :

Re: python 2.2 to python 2.3 transition

2003-08-11 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lun 11/08/2003 à 01:08, Donovan Baarda a écrit : > The recently suggested alternative of putting modules in > /usr/lib/site-python (or wherever) with only one set of *.pyc's for > the default python is much simpler. It does rely on "root" only using > the default python to avoid re-compiling pyc

Re: python transition and python-xml

2003-08-11 Thread Sebastien Bacher
> Yesterday was saturday, and I don't read my mail on week ends. The > updated package is in progress (i.e. pbuilder is running right now), > and I have contacted Jerome Marant who's my usual sponstor (I'm not a > DD). I was planning to ask someone on the list to sponsor the upload if > I don't

Re: python transition and python-xml

2003-08-11 Thread =?iso-8859-1?b?Suly9G1l?= Marant
Quoting Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Yesterday was saturday, and I don't read my mail on week ends. The > > updated package is in progress (i.e. pbuilder is running right now), > > and I have contacted Jerome Marant who's my usual sponstor (I'm not a > > DD). I was planning to

Re: python 2.2 to python 2.3 transition

2003-08-11 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Hrm, this could be achieved quite simply, /methinks. It needs little > changes in dh_python and some prerm/postinst stuff in the python package > (not the pythonX.Y package) to rebuild all .pyc's and .pyo's in this > directory upon upgrade. > > Matthias, do you think

#!/usr/bin/python2.3 vs #!/usr/bin/env python2.3

2003-08-11 Thread John Goerzen
Hello, Many Python programs use constructs like #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 to load themselves. Many others use #!/usr/bin/python2.3. On most Debian systems, these are the same. The submitter in #189473 claims that #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 is wrong because he has his own python2.3 on the path prio

Re: #!/usr/bin/python2.3 vs #!/usr/bin/env python2.3

2003-08-11 Thread Matthias Klose
John Goerzen writes: > Hello, > > Many Python programs use constructs like #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 to load > themselves. Many others use #!/usr/bin/python2.3. On most Debian systems, > these are the same. > > The submitter in #189473 claims that #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 is wrong > because he h

Re: #!/usr/bin/python2.3 vs #!/usr/bin/env python2.3

2003-08-11 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 06:50, John Goerzen wrote: > Hello, > > Many Python programs use constructs like #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 to load > themselves. Many others use #!/usr/bin/python2.3. On most Debian systems, > these are the same. > > The submitter in #189473 claims that #!/usr/bin/env pytho

Re: python 2.2 to python 2.3 transition

2003-08-11 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 22:03, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > Hrm, this could be achieved quite simply, /methinks. It needs little > > changes in dh_python and some prerm/postinst stuff in the python package > > (not the pythonX.Y package) to rebuild all .pyc's and .pyo'

Re: python 2.2 to python 2.3 transition

2003-08-11 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Donovan Baarda wrote: > Using this the python package can "notify" all packages that depend on > it by calling dpkg-reconfigure on them; That would work for me too, of course. >> egrep "^install ok installed:[^:]*:.*$PYTHONXY([ ,]|$)" | \ That regexp looks like it should look like this ins