Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Cyril Brulebois
On 18/05/2008, Monty Taylor wrote: 1. What are the real differences between these two? 2. Why, as a packager, would I choose one over the other? A bit of stats: # source-wise $ for i in central support; do grep-dctrl -S -F Build-Depends python-$i -sPackage /var/lib/apt/lists/*Sources | wc -l ;

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 18 mai 2008 à 11:35 -0700, Monty Taylor a écrit : 1. What are the real differences between these two? Technically speaking, they use very different approaches. Python-central links modules at their original places while python-support puts them in /var/lib to follow the FHS. The

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le dimanche 18 mai 2008 à 11:35 -0700, Monty Taylor a écrit : 1. What are the real differences between these two? Technically speaking, they use very different approaches. Python-central links modules at their

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi On Mon, 19 May 2008 12:49:11 +0200 Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the python-support maintainer, I could recommend it because it has more features, like namespace packages (allowing to split modules coming from the same directory in non-interdependent packages),

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 19 mai 2008 à 14:39 +0200, Michal Čihař a écrit : What surprised me is different handling of XB-Python-Version field. I have XS-Python-Version: current and python-central makes XB-Python-Version: current from this, what I feel is correct (package is pure Python, no dependency on

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Michal Čihař
Dne Mon, 19 May 2008 18:38:25 +0200 Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] napsal(a): Le lundi 19 mai 2008 à 14:39 +0200, Michal Čihař a écrit : What surprised me is different handling of XB-Python-Version field. I have XS-Python-Version: current and python-central makes XB-Python-Version:

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
Hello On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:49:11PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le dimanche 18 mai 2008 à 11:35 -0700, Monty Taylor a écrit : 1. What are the real differences between these two? Technically speaking, they use very different approaches. Python-central links modules at their original

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 06:47:10PM +, Michal Čihař wrote: Dne Mon, 19 May 2008 18:38:25 +0200 Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] napsal(a): Le lundi 19 mai 2008 à 14:39 +0200, Michal Čihař a écrit : What surprised me is different handling of XB-Python-Version field. I have

Re: debhelper 7 and python-central

2008-05-19 Thread Ben Finney
Floris Bruynooghe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:49:11PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: Python-central links modules at their original places while python-support puts them in /var/lib to follow the FHS. /var/lib : Variable state information [...] State information