I might take a look at c2esp, foo2zjs and pyppd in due time.

So far I'm not sure this bug is as uncontroversial as it might seem and
would really prefer a discussion about it on debian-
[email protected] before rushing out any actions. The Debian
Python Policy currently says "Maintainers _should_ not use env ..": this
doesn't mean it's (currently) forbidden; this even means it discouraged,
but allowed.

I don't think creating a Ubuntu-specific diff for this type of bug is
the way to go: either there is a valid reason to do it and it should be
done in Debian first (with appropriate Debian Python Policy change,
lintian warning, etc) or there is none and, well, the cost of the diff
will have to be carried by Ubuntu hands. (Note that given bugs on the
respective packages, such a change could be done in very few days in
Debian.) Not doing it in "Debian first" now means that it might
eventually be done there later and that a merge will be needed; that
sounds like unneccessary work on both sides (and I like to avoid
unneccessary work).

In particular, this topic was previously discussed there:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2009/09/msg00132.html and there
seemed to be reasonable agreement around a lintian warning and/or python
policy amendment (although without actions); this should really come
before blindly fixing all affected packages in Ubuntu only. (IMHO, eh).

Cheers, OdyX

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