Bug#567345: python-gnome2: Depends: python2.6-gtk2 but it is not installable

[Craig Sanders]

it affects more than just python packages - gnome-panel depends
on python-gnome2, and both gnome-core and gnome-session depend on
gnome-panel...so a dist-upgrade currently wants to remove some important
parts of gnome:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
   fast-user-switch-applet (2.24.0-4)
   foomatic-gui (0.7.9.2+nmu2)
   gnome (2.28+4)
   gnome-about (2.28.2-1)
   gnome-applets (2.28.0-3)
   gnome-core (2.28+4)
   gnome-desktop-environment (2.28+4)
   gnome-office (2.28+4)
   gnome-panel (2.28.0-3)
   gnome-screensaver (2.28.0-2)
   gnome-session (2.28.0-4)
   hamster-applet (2.28.2-1)
   python-gnome2 (2.28.0-2)
   rhythmbox (0.12.6-2)
   screenlets (0.1.2-7)
   system-config-printer (1.0.0-6)

(i wasn't paying attention while upgrading my workstation at work and
managed to uninstall gnome-panel, gnome-session, gnome-screensaver etc
while i was using it...didn't even notice until i tried to lock the
screen to go to lunch. i had to check /var/log/dpkg.log and manually
re-install the packages which had been removed. if i hadn't noticed
before i logged out, i wouldn't have been able to log back in again).



AFAICT, the only way this could have happened is if python-gnome2
was compiled against an unreleased version of python-gtk2 which provides
python2.6-gtk2 instead of (or as well as*) python2.5-gtk2

it's possible that this bug should be against python-gtk2 instead of
python-gnome2...certainly we need an updated version of python-gtk2.
the last release was on Jan 29, three days after this version of
python-gnome2 was released.


(*) python-gnome2 2.28.0-2 depends on BOTH python2.6-gtk2 and python2.5-gtk2


craig
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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>