Bug#709198: [Debconf-devel] Bug#709198: debconf: should not use python in maintainer scripts

2017-03-19 Thread Ivo De Decker
Control: tags -1 stretch-ignore Hi, On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 06:13:10PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 06:04:09PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > > On Sat, 18 May 2013 at 23:29:22 +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > > > Broken Python upgrade left me without working debconf. > >

Bug#709198: [Debconf-devel] Bug#709198: debconf: should not use python in maintainer scripts

2017-01-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 06:04:09PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Sat, 18 May 2013 at 23:29:22 +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > > Broken Python upgrade left me without working debconf. > > I can't help thinking that this would be a lot more robust if debconf.deb > (which is pseudo-Essential) di

Bug#709198: debconf: should not use python in maintainer scripts

2017-01-29 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sat, 18 May 2013 at 23:29:22 +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Broken Python upgrade left me without working debconf. I can't help thinking that this would be a lot more robust if debconf.deb (which is pseudo-Essential) didn't ship language bindings for a non-Essential programming language. perl