Package: dh-python Version: 1.20141111-2 Severity: wishlist The dh_python3 manpage and the README.PyDist file currently do not make it clear that .pydist files are for use by *other* packages when they want to depend on the package that ships the .pydist file.
A possible patch is attached.
diff --git a/dh_python3.rst b/dh_python3.rst --- a/dh_python3.rst +++ b/dh_python3.rst @@ -38,14 +38,20 @@ dependencies ~~~~~~~~~~~~ -dh_python3 tries to translate Python dependencies from requires.txt file to -Debian dependencies. Use debian/py3dist-overrides or --no-guessing-deps option -to override it if the guess is incorrect. If you want dh_python3 to generate -more strict dependencies (f.e. to avoid ABI problems) create -debian/python3-foo.pydist file. See /usr/share/doc/dh-python/README.PyDist -for more information. If the pydist file contains PEP386 flag or set of (uscan -like) rules, dh_python3 will make the depedency versioned (version requirements -are ignored by default). + +dh_python3 tries to translate Python dependencies from requires.txt +file to Debian dependencies. Use debian/py3dist-overrides +or --no-guessing-deps option to override it if the guess is +incorrect. Dependencies are not versioned by default. If you want +dh_python3 to generate more strict dependencies (f.e. to avoid ABI +problems) on your package, you can create a debian/python3-foo.pydist +file. This file will be installed in +`/usr/share/dh-python/dist/cpython3/binary_pkg_name`, and other +packages using dh_python3 will use it to determine the correct +dependency on `binary_pkg_name` during build. If the pydist file +contains a PEP386 flag or set of (uscan like) rules, dh_python3 will +make the dependency versioned. See +`/usr/share/doc/dh-python/README.PyDist` for more information. private dirs ~~~~~~~~~~~~
