Pepe Barbe wrote: > On Aug 12, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > >> What if a package has python-versioned dependencies, but does not >> itself build public python modules (e.g. a user-executable >> application)? Should we just pick a single python flavor in such >> cases? This comes up occasionally with tracker submissions. >> > > There are some programs whose main executable can be renamed to exec- > py25, for example. If it's as simple as that, in my opinion, then it > should be done. > And this does get done fairly often, along with using update-alternatives to allow users to select which one to default to. A followup question would be whether we should use -pyXY for the package name, or have something to differentiate such packages from modules. > If having a versioned package would require doing more complicated > stuff, like modifying the source code itself. Then I say we shouldn't. > > Pepe > >
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