On November 18, 2019 11:14:03 AM UTC, Thibaut Paumard
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've noted that python3-dev's last upload last week dropped the
>dependency on dh-python. I find this change surprising in the context
>of
>the current Python 3.8 transition.
>
>This makes "my" package yp-svipc FTBFS. I'm guessing many packages may
>be in the same case, there are 161 packages in buster main that
>build-depend (transitively) on python3-dev but do not depend (directly)
>on dh-python.
>
>So, should I fix yp-svipc now or wait for the end of the Python 3.8
>transition?
>
>Should this change in python3-dev be reverted until the end of the
>transition?
>
>Kind regards, Thibaut.
My recommendation would be to fix it. As I recall, the depends was never meant
to be permanent. Any package that uses dh_python3 should build-depend on
dh-python.
Scott K
