[Python-modules-commits] r14066 - in packages/numpy/trunk/debian (3 files)

[morph at users.alioth.debian.org]

    Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 21:58:00
  Author: morph
Revision: 14066

* debian/{README.DebianMaints, python-numpy.docs}
  - added a mini-guide/explanation about dh_numpy and/or pydist files

Added:
  packages/numpy/trunk/debian/README.DebianMaints
Modified:
  packages/numpy/trunk/debian/changelog
  packages/numpy/trunk/debian/python-numpy.docs

Added: packages/numpy/trunk/debian/README.DebianMaints
===================================================================
--- packages/numpy/trunk/debian/README.DebianMaints	                        (rev 0)
+++ packages/numpy/trunk/debian/README.DebianMaints	2010-07-27 21:58:00 UTC (rev 14066)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Information for Maintainers of packages depending on python-numpy
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+With Numpy 1.4.1 upload in unstable, we had several packages failing
+to execute due to a change in 'dtype' format (some fields were added
+at the end of the data strucutre).
+
+After that, we decided to provide a reliable way to specify strict
+versioned depends on python-numpy by the packages depending on it, in
+order to avoid similar failures in future uploads.
+
+Currently you have to ways to do that:
+
+* dh_numpy, that will add python-numpy versioned depends (using pydist
+  file information, see below) to python:Depends substvar
+
+* dh_python2 and the pydist file shipped by python-numpy,
+  /usr/share/python/di st/python-numpy; you can read more out pydist
+  files at [1].
+
+[1] http://alioth.debian.org/scm/loggerhead/pkg-python/python-defaults-debian/annotate/head:/README.PyDist
+
+python-support will receive the same support for pydist as of
+dh_python2, but it's not already implemented at the time or
+writing. So, in case you don't want to use dh_python2, use dh_numpy
+helper script.
+
+ -- Sandro Tosi <morph at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:28:11 +0200
\ No newline at end of file

Modified: packages/numpy/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- packages/numpy/trunk/debian/changelog	2010-07-27 15:38:51 UTC (rev 14065)
+++ packages/numpy/trunk/debian/changelog	2010-07-27 21:58:00 UTC (rev 14066)
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
     - cherry-picked from upstream SVN patches to define the quad prec little
       endian double on Alpha, fixing the FTBFS on that arch; thanks to David
       Cournapeau for the patch and huge support! Closes: #590481
+  * debian/{README.DebianMaints, python-numpy.docs}
+    - added a mini-guide/explanation about dh_numpy and/or pydist files
 
- -- Sandro Tosi <morph at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:28:22 +0200
+ -- Sandro Tosi <morph at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:57:23 +0200
 
 python-numpy (1:1.4.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
 

Modified: packages/numpy/trunk/debian/python-numpy.docs
===================================================================
--- packages/numpy/trunk/debian/python-numpy.docs	2010-07-27 15:38:51 UTC (rev 14065)
+++ packages/numpy/trunk/debian/python-numpy.docs	2010-07-27 21:58:00 UTC (rev 14066)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DEV_README.txt
 THANKS.txt
 debian/README.f2py
+debian/README.DebianMaints