On 01.05.2012 10:39, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Hi Colin, hi Matthias, > > now that the Ubuntu Pangolin was released (congrats!), from what I > understand from the Ubuntu release process, it will very soon be the "big > merge" time. And the src:lsb package has diverged quite a lot between the > Debian and Ubuntu counterparts. > > Now, while I tried my best to merge the past and actual changes from > Ubuntu, there is certainly a diff that needs manual merging (hence > discussion). Furthermore, I don't think Ubuntu and Debian really need > different src:lsb packages (especially when we can play with dpkg-vendor > snippets where needed). > > So I am willing to put work where needed towards the goal of sharing a > single Debian source package. Where do you want to start from? > > (By the way, one major hurdle is probably the default python version for > lsb-release. The attached patch is an attempt at making the python scripts > work with both python2.6 and python3 without further change. Comments > welcome.)
I didn't check for the current diffs yet, but yes, keeping the diff minimal would be appreciated. The python implementation working with both 2 and 3 looks ok, however the shebang lines need to be adjusted. But why stick to python2 for Debian? Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

