Bug#982601: python3-paraview Conflicts: python3-vtk9

[Alastair McKinstry]

    python3-paraview has just been given Conflicts: python3-vtk9, which is
    a little confusing.  Does it mean python3-paraview replaces
    python3-vtk9? Or should not python3-paraview not be used at all?
    (obviously there are other packages which use vtk via python).


For this release, python3-paraview ships its own vendored vtk9.
This is suboptimal, but the only way I can see of getting paraview working and in the next release. 
It _could_ work as a drop-in replacement for python3-paraview, but it hasn't been tested, and I don't guarantee it;
Especially as I plan on getting paraview back working with the normal python3-vtk9 for the next release.

Alastair

    I think more documentation or explanation is needed. What's going on here?

    Alternatively, does it just mean python3-paraview should add 
      Provides: python3-vtk9
    ?

    python3-vedo, for instance, needs python3-vtk9 and is therefore
    affected by this change.

    Is python3-paraview intended as a drop-in replacement for python3-vtk9 ?


    Drew


    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: bullseye/sid
      APT prefers unstable
      APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
    Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
    Foreign Architectures: i386

    Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
    Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE
    Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
    Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
    Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
    LSM: AppArmor: enabled

    Versions of packages python3-paraview depends on:
    ii  libc6         2.31-9
    ii  libgcc-s1     10.2.1-6
    ii  libpython3.9  3.9.1-4
    ii  libstdc++6    10.2.1-6
    ii  paraview      5.9.0-2
    ii  python3       3.9.1-1

    python3-paraview recommends no packages.

    python3-paraview suggests no packages.

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