[Python-apps-team] pkpgcounter debian package

[Kumar Appaiah]

Dear Michael,

On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 12:11:43PM -0600, Michael Pardee wrote:
>    OK, it seems that python-imaging is just a compatibility layer that is no
>    longer required.   python-imaging depended on python-pil which pkpgcounter
>    does require but did not explicitly list as a dependency, so the
>    dependency should just be changed from python-imaging to python-pil.
>    from the python-imaging description:
>    PIL used to provide a PIL.pth file which allowed you to `import Image` but
>    this is deprecated. Use `from PIL import Image` now, or install this
>    compatibility package to temporarily get the old behavior back
>    pkpgcounter already uses "from PIL import Image" , there are no instances
>    of 'import image' anywhere in it
>    pkpgcounter includes a test suite in /usr/share/doc/pkpgcounter/examples ,
>    and while all of the tests do not pass the results are identical running
>    in debian stretch with python-imaging and python-pil installed and in
>    debian buster with just python-pil installed.
>    If there is anything else I can do to help resolve this please let me
>    know.

Thanks for the quick help. If my understanding is correct, the only
thing required is to modify the dependency to directly use
python-pil. If this is the case, please confirm, and I will make a
fresh upload.

Thanks.

Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah