Bug#767554: python-persistent and python-zodb: error when trying to install together

[Gediminas Paulauskas]

2014-11-14 11:43 GMT+02:00 Arnaud Fontaine <arnau at debian.org>:

> Barry Warsaw <barry at debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Nov 12, 2014, at 05:50 PM, Arnaud Fontaine wrote:
> >
> >>From upstream point  of view, ZODB3 (aka python-zodb in  Debian) used to
> >>include persistent, BTrees,  ZODB and ZEO modules.  However, since ZODB3
> >>3.11.0a1, upstream  has split it  up into  4 distinct packages  (one for
> >>each module),  bump the version  to 4.0  and made ZODB3  a "metapackage"
> >>depending on all of them.
> >
> > It looks like Debian still has zodb 3.9.7, right?
>
> Unfortunately, yes.
>
> >>As of  fixing this RC  bug for Jessie:  Among the four,  only persistent
> >>package is currently available in Debian, so  there is no way to get rid
> >>of  ZODB3 (at  least for  Jessie). Barry:  If persistent  >= 4.0  Debian
> >>package is useful on  its own to anyone (and thus  should not be removed
> >>From testing),  then can I  add a Conflict  on both packages  and upload
> >>them to fix this bug?
> >
> > IIRC, I needed to update python-persistent for the Python 3
> zope.component
> > transition, as it's a build-dep.  There are no other reverse
> dependencies that
> > I know of.
> >
> > I think a Conflicts is the right way to handle this for now, given where
> we
> > are in the Jessie release cycle.  Arnaud, thanks for handling this!
>
> If that's ok with you, I'm going to upload both packages to fix this bug:
>
> * python-persistent:
>   Conflicts: python-zodb (<< 3.11.0~)
>
> * python-zodb:
>   Conflicts: python-persistent
>

Since ZODB3 before the split included persistent, it should provide it:

Provides: python-persistent

One package that Build-Depends on python-persistent but should be
installable with only python-zodb is zope.component.

-- 
Gediminas
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