Hi Stefano,

Am 12.12.10 15.19, schrieb Stefano Rivera:
> Package: gns3
> Version: 0.7.2-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> gns3 hard-codes a dependency on Python 2.6, rather than building with
> the build-time default Python version. pyversions should state the
> python versions supported by the codebase (in this case 2.5-, according
> to README).
I have talked to upstream. This is a Documentation Bug. gns3 needs
python2.6 or higher. This is fixed in 0.7.3 README.

> I assume this is a result of http://bugs.debian.org/573583, but it seems
> like an over-the-top response.
That's true. Upstream decided to use a python2.6 only feature to fix
this bug. So it is not a "over-the-top" response.

> In Ubuntu, we've re-hard-coded gns3 to support 2.7 only, but I recommend
> the following patch:
> 
> 
> diff -u gns3-0.7.2/debian/control gns3-0.7.2/debian/control
> --- gns3-0.7.2/debian/control
> +++ gns3-0.7.2/debian/control
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  Maintainer: Erik Wenzel <e...@debian.org>
>  Homepage: http://www.gns3.net/
>  Vcs-Browser: http://gpl.code.de/gitweb?p=gns3.git;a=summary
> -Build-Depends: python2.6, python-support, cdbs (>= 0.4.43), debhelper (>= 
> 5.0.37.2), python-qt4-dev (>=4.3)
> +Build-Depends: python, python-support, cdbs (>= 0.4.43), debhelper (>= 
> 5.0.37.2), python-qt4-dev (>=4.3)
>  Standards-Version: 3.9.0


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