Re: how to make python package binNMU-safe [Bug#361940: python-mysqldb: can't be binNMUed due to arch: all - arch: any dep]

2006-04-12 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, We discussed that on IRC, I'll just post a quick summary: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Jonas Meurer wrote: i got the following bugreport, and i'm not sure about the best way to fix it. the problem is obvious: python-mysqldb depends on python2.3-mysqldb (= 1.2.1c3-6), but after a binNMU of

Re: how to make python package binNMU-safe [Bug#361940: python-mysqldb: can't be binNMUed due to arch: all - arch: any dep]

2006-04-12 Thread Sanghyeon Seo
Jonas Meurer wrote: - drop pythonX.Y-mysqldb packages, provide one python-mysqldb package for all python versions. i'm not sure whether this is possible at all. Raphael Hertzog wrote: Not sure... and the python policy is kind of not finished. But it seems to make sense for me for some very

Re: how to make python package binNMU-safe [Bug#361940: python-mysqldb: can't be binNMUed due to arch: all - arch: any dep]

2006-04-12 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Sanghyeon Seo wrote: It should install modules somewhere inside /usr/lib/python/site-packages/ and use #!/usr/bin/python for programs. The postinst script should create symlinks in all /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/ directories that point to its