Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-02-04 Thread Adeodato Simó
* James Westby [Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:42:07 +]: > On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 10:24 +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > * James Westby [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:35:33 +]: > > > I would vote for making python-apt a > > > Depends. What is the argument for not doing so? > > That we ship a couple modules th

Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-02-02 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 10:24 +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * James Westby [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:35:33 +]: > > > I would vote for making python-apt a > > Depends. What is the argument for not doing so? > > That we ship a couple modules that work just fine without it. I think > Reommends would b

Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-01-30 Thread Adeodato Simó
* James Westby [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:35:33 +]: > I would vote for making python-apt a > Depends. What is the argument for not doing so? That we ship a couple modules that work just fine without it. I think Reommends would be more appropriate (particularly now that they are installed by default

Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-01-29 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 17:25 +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Yes. I wasn't aware debian_support was used by some other python-debian > modules, so I guess bumping to recommends is in order. > > I haven't looked, but if what is used from debian_support is the version > comparison code, I'd recommend

Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-01-29 Thread Adeodato Simó
* James Westby [Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:16:49 +]: > dato, did your changes in the last upload make debian_support.py require > python-apt? That is what the changelog entry seems to imply. Yes. I wasn't aware debian_support was used by some other python-debian modules, so I guess bumping to recomm

Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-01-28 Thread James Westby
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 12:39 -0800, Cameron Dale wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Package: python-debian > Version: 0.1.8 > Severity: serious > Justification: violates policy 7.2 regarding Recommends > > In trying to use python-debian in one of my packages, I am going

Bug#462845: dependency on python-apt should be at least Recommends

2008-01-27 Thread Cameron Dale
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: python-debian Version: 0.1.8 Severity: serious Justification: violates policy 7.2 regarding Recommends In trying to use python-debian in one of my packages, I am going to have to also depend on python-apt, since python-debian only suggests it