2012/10/9 Laurent Bigonville <bi...@debian.org>:
> Le Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:53:11 +0200,
> Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rouss...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Le 07/10/12 21:43, Laurent Bigonville a écrit :
>> > Package: python-pyscard
>> > Version: 1.6.12.1-3
>> > Severity: normal
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > python-pyscard is linked against libpython. This is considered a bad
>> > habit in Debian as it pulling extra dependencies when installing.
>> >
>> > Please drop the explicit linking against libpython
>>
>> python-pyscard is, in part, a binary library, not just Python code.
>>
>> The Debian package uses:
>> Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
>>
>> So the libpython2.6 (>= 2.6), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7) are automatically
>> added.
>>
>> python-pyscard is build for every Python 2.x version supported by
>> Debian.
> [...]
>>
>> How do you propose I solve the problem?
>
> See my attached patch.
>
> The python interpreter itself is already statically linked against
> libpython, linking the extension to it is creating unneeded
> dependencies and might increase the memory usage.Great. Do you know if this is the case for any Python or is it specific to Debian? Should I also patch the code upstream? Thanks -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
