[Python-modules-team] Bug#725343: Please version the dependency on python3-pkg-resources

[Pietro Battiston]

Package: ipython3
Version: 0.13.2-2
Severity: minor

I have an install of squeeze, of which however I upgraded some packages
(with pinning) to Debian testing. Among them was ipython3 (as well as
python3, which is now version 3.3.2-17). After that, when I tried to run
ipython3, I got:


pietro at dipeco-12:~$ ipython3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ipython3", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2708, in
<module>
    working_set.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 686, in
require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 584, in
resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: ipython==0.13.2


The error was solved by upgrading python3-pkg-resources from the version
in stable (0.6.24-1) to the one in testing (0.6.49-2). So ipython3
should probably have a versioned dependency on this package.

Pietro