On Mon, 02 Oct 2006, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> > Another problem with smart-notifier is that it calls dh_python but
> > lacks a pycompat file, so the new dh_python will do old-style stuff
> > with it, including adding a postinst call to compileall.py.
> 
> that's RC then. and a packaging problem, not our own.
> 
> > I thought that making dh_python a NOOP if there was a pycompat file
> > was good enough, but this package seems to say otherwise? It seems
> > that dh_python also needs to be a NOOP if Python-Version is set. Can
> > someone verify that for me?

Yes I confirm that.

> well, you can do that too, but using dh_python to generate the substvars 
> for the new policy needed a pycompat if using dh_py* + dh_python. 
> That's a packaging problem. You should not care about it.

Yes you should IMO because the current dh_python assumes pycompat==2 if
there's no pycompat file and if there's a Python-Version control field.

That's because pycompat has only been introduced after the start of the
migration when Josselin decided to change his mind...

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

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