Bug#867370: src:theano: Unnecessary python3-all-dev build-depends complicate transition
Scott Kitterman
debian at kitterman.com
Thu Jul 6 04:40:44 UTC 2017
Package: src:theano
Version: 0.8.2-6
Severity: important
As far as I can tell, python3-theano does not install any compiled content
that requires access to the Python headers (e.g. Python.h). As a result, the
package build-depend on python3-all-dev is excessive. We use build-depends on
python3-all-dev and python3-dev to track which package need rebuilding for a
python3 transition and as far as I can determine, this one does not.
I rebuilt the package without any python-dev package installed and the result,
according to debdiff, was identical.
Not including a patch for the trivial change of changing the build-depends on
python3-all-dev to python3-all.
Marking important because of the potential for impact on transition planning.
Scott K
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