I have a package (duplicity) that for some reason did not get moved to the 10.8
tree. I have updated the package and it builds on Mac OS X 10.8, 10.6 and 10.5.
The package is dependent on python. The minimum requirement is python 2.4 and
has been tested up to python 2.7. What is the best route
A. Require python 2.7 in the dependencies since it is available in all
systems as a build
B. Let the user chose by creating a duplicity-py24, duplicity-py25,
duplicity-py26 and duplicity-py27
C. Other, is there a method for creating a dependence on "python (>=
2.4)" ??
I have created the updated version based on A but that forces a large install
for many users. Option B seems more user interaction than is necessary for
such a package. C would be fine but I haven't seen that used in any other
package and not sure it is legal. Also there is a dependence on boto-py27
which is explicit. My current depends are:
# Dependencies.
BuildDepends: librsync (>= 0.9.7-1002), fink (>= 0.24.12-1)
Depends: python27, librsync-shlibs (>= 0.9.7-1002), ncftp, lftp, boto-py27
There are cases where a user would want python 2.6 or greater since it allows
multiprocessing some of the data transfers but is there a better way to make
the package use already installed or system versions of python?
Secondly, the fink web site seems to be down so where do I submit packages?
Thanks,
Scott
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