On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 at 13:07:19 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le lundi 25 août 2008 à 00:03 +0200, Eike Nicklas a écrit :
> > c) Depends: python (>=2.4), python-elementtree
> > (does python2.5 provide python-elementtree?)
>
> It does not, which is a bug, since this option should be the correct
> one.
I don't think that's actually correct, because Python 2.5's version of
ElementTree is xml.etree.ElementTree, but the standalone version is
ElementTree.ElementTree or something. So, packages that do the usual
try:/except ImportError: dance (1) should depend on
python (>= 2.5) | python-elementtree, but packages that unconditionally
import ElementTree (2) should depend on python-elementtree only, and
packages that unconditionally import xml.etree (3) should depend on
python (>= 2.5).
In practice, the maintainers of packages in category (2)
should probably patch them to do the try/except stuff, though.
python (>= 2.5) should not provide python-elementtree, because
python-elementtree makes ElementTree available for all Python versions,
but python (>= 2.5) only makes xml.etree.ElementTree available, and only
for Pythons >= 2.5.
smcv
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
