Le jeudi 03 mars 2005 Ã 18:31 +0100, Bastian Kleineidam a Ãcrit : > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 06:17:35PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > In short: not without a very good reason. I'm even thinking about a new > > python policy which would forbid this for small packages like this one. > I wanted to use python2.4-geoip in my LinkChecker program (as an > additional information for URL reporting). Unfortunately LinkChecker > requires Python >= 2.4, so I cannot use the current default version. > That is why I have submitted this report.
That probably means Debian should move to python 2.4 ASAP. It's a pain we are so slow to release... > > Debian should only support one python version, the others are here only > > to smooth transitions. Doing this for random small python packages > > clutters the archive: for this one that would mean 4 binary packages > > instead of one. > Yes, that is unfortunate. Some time ago I wanted to solve this problem > with my "python-central" approach: have one python library package > supporting _automatically_ all installed python versions. > But I have had not enough time to pursue this effort more. > Here are the files: > http://people.debian.org/~calvin/python-central/ Oh, you are the one who wrote it. I've been thinking of changing dh_python to use it (or another program I'd write), but it only works for pure-python modules, and most small packages are (just like geoip) bindings for libraries, for which this approach doesn't work. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
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