[Python-modules-team] Bug#483197: Bug#483197: Pre-depends are no solution

[Bernd Zeimetz]

Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 24 juillet 2008 à 02:52 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz a écrit :
>>> using Pre-Depends to fix this bug is not going to work. Furthermore, it
>>> is a policy violation for having added it without discussion on
>>> debian-devel.
>> right. And you obviously neither read the changelog entry properly, nor
>> looked at the package.
> 
> Sorry, I indeed misread it, and the package had disappeared in the
> mirror pulse at the time I was looking at it. (Well, you are wrong in
> thinking Pre-Depends *would* fix the issue, but since you don’t use them
> that’s fine :)

Why would a Pre-Dependency on python not fix the problem? As log as
pyversions -d works (which is the case when Python is installed and
configured), using it to retrieve the default version will work.

>>> The real issue here is that pyversions is not reliable. 
>> Right. Did I ask you if you read the changelog entry?
> 
> Indeed. However this must be fixed before python2.6 enters the archive,
> since it will break at this time.

Sure, I'll change that with the first upload after Lenny.

Cheers,

Bernd

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