Bug#492921: python-gobject should conflict on old python2.5, not depend

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 29 juillet 2008 à 22:10 +0100, Tom Parker a écrit :
> python-gobject depends on python >=2.4 and <2.6, which means someone
> could have a python 2.4 only system and be fine, yet it also
> automagically pulls in python2.5, presumably because there's something
> wrong with python 2.5 <2.5.2-5. 

No, it pulls python2.5 because it depends on python which is currently
at version 2.5. You can’t have a lenny/sid system with only python2.4.

> As this is the case, shouldn't
> python-gobject conflict on python2.5 < 2.5.2-5 rather than having the
> >= Depends? This is a pretty minor issue, and probably only one for
> backporters, but I figured I'd bring it up anyways.

We intend to make it so after the lenny release to prepare for
python2.6, so I’m leaving this bug open to track the issue.

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