[Python-modules-team] fix to pp into wheezy?

[Niels Thykier]

On 2013-01-23 19:38, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> Hi RT,
> 
> We came up with a resolution for
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620551
> the gist of the patch for which is replacing invocation of the shipped
> script to use "python -m" mechanism.  That prevents Python inserting the
> original directory (after following symlinks) into sys.path causing  pp
> to work if e.g. numpy is imported in the "payload" script.
> 
> The patch is:
> 
> [...] 
> 
> I have tested the patch on my laptop (shipped pp examples), also with MDP which
> uses python-pp.  AFAIK there should be no side-effects from this change, and it
> does address the problem.
> 
> I am attaching a complete tentative debdiff for you consideration -- would such
> upload be allowed to get into wheezy from unstable?
> 

Looks reasonable, feel free to upload it to sid and file an unblock bug
for it.

~Niels