[Python-modules-team] Bug#535759: python-qt4: package too monolithic -- should be split up to match dependencies

[Samuel Bronson]

Package: python-qt4
Version: 4.4.4-6
Severity: normal

It really isn't very nice having to install a 20 MB Python extension
package *and* 12 qt4 libraries just to run Python code that uses the
smallest smidgin of qt4. It would be much nicer if the Python bindings
could be split up to roughly match the way the qt4 libraries are split
up, as seen in aptitude:

    --- libqt4-assistant (>= 4.4.3) (UNSATISFIED)
    --- libqt4-designer (>= 4.4.3)
    --- libqt4-help (>= 4.4.3) (UNSATISFIED)
    --- libqt4-network (>= 4.4.3)
    --- libqt4-script (>= 4.4.3)
    --- libqt4-svg (>= 4.4.3) (UNSATISFIED)
    --- libqt4-test (>= 4.4.3) (UNSATISFIED)
    --- libqt4-webkit (>= 4.4.3) (UNSATISFIED)
    --- libqt4-xml (>= 4.4.3)
    --- libqt4-xmlpatterns (>= 4.4.3) (UNSATISFIED)
    --- libqtcore4 (>= 4.4.3)
    --- libqtgui4 (>= 4.4.3)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash