Package: lintian
Version: 1.23.42
Severity: minor
Hi,
The d-feet package was uploaded to NEW and rejected because of this
lintian error:
E: d-feet source: missing-build-dependency python | python-dev | python-all |
python-all-dev
d-feet, like more and more upstreams, relies on python 2.5 or higher,
while we're currently at python == python2.4. This case, as well as
the case of a package relying on an older python version than the
current default one, is supported by the new Python Policy.
I had a short look at check/fields in lintian, and my understanding is
that it checks for particular regexps indicating python, dh_python,
CDBS, or DEB_PYTHON_SYSTEM usage and reports corresponding missing
build-deps.
The d-feet package doesn't call dh_py* directly, but relies on CDBS
python-distutils and debhelper classes. These CDBS classes will call
dh_python, dh_pysupport, and setup.py:
- the dh_python documentation claims that If you use this program,
your package should build-depend on python., however note that
dh_python disables itself if one of debian/pycompat or Python-Version
is present; so dh_python can be ignored for build-deps in policy v2
mode (except debhelper, naturally)
- dh_pysupport doesn't call into python directly
- setup.py is being called with the first versions reported by
pyversions -vr, so python2.5 setup.py is called
So technically, I think the package has proper build-deps.
I think lintian is being overzealous here, but given the complexity of
the new python policy, the dh_py* mess, and the additional CDBS
complexity, this is not too surprizing. I do want this issue
documented in this bug report as to allow d-feet and other packages to
be accepted with what I think are proper build-deps.
I personally wouldn't mind honoring a request by the lintian
maintainers or ftpmasters to add a python build-dep to shut up lintian,
but would prefer keeping the package as is if they don't recommend it.
Cheers,
PS: d-feet is at svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-utopia/packages/unstable/d-feet
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils2.18.1~cvs20080103-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii diffstat1.45-2 produces graph of changes introduc
ii dpkg-dev1.14.15 package building tools for Debian
ii file4.21-4 Determines file type using magic
ii gettext 0.17-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii libparse-debianchan 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output
ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii man-db 2.5.0-4 on-line manual pager
ii perl [libdigest-md5 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
lintian recommends no packages.
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Loïc Minier
