[Python-modules-team] Bug#679819: Dropping Provides field broke depending software (python-avogadro)

[Daniel Leidert]

Package: python-qt4
Version: 4.9.3-1
Severity: serious

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The last upload of python-qt4 removed the Provides field. Unfortunately this
breaks the installation of avogadro, which depends on python2.7-qt4.

Why has this field been removed and how should this be handled now? How shall
this be handlded in future removals of Provides fields in python* packages?

Regards, Daniel



- -- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (850, 'unstable'), (700, 'testing'), (560, 'stable'), (110, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-qt4 depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.13-34
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.7.1-2
ii  libpython2.7              2.7.3-1
ii  libqt4-dbus               4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-declarative        4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-designer           4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-help               4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-network            4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-script             4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-scripttools        4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-svg                4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-test               4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-xml                4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqt4-xmlpatterns        4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqtassistantclient4     4.6.3-4
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.2-1
ii  libqtwebkit4              2.2.1-4+b1
ii  libstdc++6                4.7.1-2
ii  python                    2.7.3-1
ii  python-sip [sip-api-8.1]  4.13.3-2
ii  python2.6                 2.6.8-0.2
ii  python2.7                 2.7.3-1

python-qt4 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python-qt4 suggests:
pn  python-qt4-dbg  <none>

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