Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Stephen Kitt Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Generic Python packages which =?UTF-8?B?ZG9u4oCZdA==?= work on all architectures Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:50:02 +0100 Message-ID: X-Original-To: Debian Python X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Wed Jan 20 19:40:02 2021 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.112 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SARE_HEAD_8BIT_SPAM=0.888] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -3.5 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/gMTT5+s.GpxmmOuTfqBCweD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/18894 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20210120203941.1a41cc06@heffalump.sk2.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 53 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:39:41 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <20210120203941.1a41cc06@heffalump.sk2.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:13118 --Sig_/gMTT5+s.GpxmmOuTfqBCweD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I=E2=80=99ve come across a situation which doesn=E2=80=99t seem to be addre= ssed by existing policies: the python-ptrace source package only ships architecture-independent content, but it works on a small number of architectures (currently, 32/64-bit x86, 32-bit ARM, 32/64-bit PPC). As a result, the packages it builds are installable everywhere, but that=E2= =80=99s a false promise since they don=E2=80=99t work everywhere. Would it make sense= to convert it to an architecture-dependent package, only on those architectures which are really supported? (In this specific instance, there=E2=80=99s an optional CPython extension w= hich would be interesting, so I=E2=80=99d switch to an architecture-dependent package = for this anyway, were I to maintain the package; but I thought this was an interesti= ng question in general.) Regards, Stephen --Sig_/gMTT5+s.GpxmmOuTfqBCweD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEnPVX/hPLkMoq7x0ggNMC9Yhtg5wFAmAIhv0ACgkQgNMC9Yht g5wxrQ//UvHQL8JVy6GBmjatkeQ0Mzhbtvi260woRs1N9xEQHJMNPL7AIzuzF8q8 TwYoZLPmjDR1HNF9KI/tlG4I9M0YSS2+ZQVTteIi+U9BN57luunVuyEhLZlfjpT2 AoGlv1AB5bXg5KsNssG5ZwX4c8W59Mz7gv5xMeqrtGjC6GzPsnkh2Wq2a57MsuNF pzIfCv26ONdL+C1ra6CS+aFl83T+kCEU3+YXV8sJyCgwpMC+vvaOhIXb0OATgw91 3shepekufr/F1abDATHbhUS9ayLfbw+z9kWp1iuBRZcnFykvBsfI0NswFPX5Z2uo 7TyAwXdpg1uMnRwATfqrfQixt4ybIvDjbCnAVoqTIPeoc0BC+lZsLYzDX6FAikxP erThOzKy2Fl7bU14pyAGA2a7n/lZqKTtMh72nOMdIYoomFDaGonlTGpH1iUKJZPJ DBnZbXQfhUjtDWJfI4Bi2II2MViAF2qhZYxBdnEeba+NQ4dItpPncaR1XwabCIgY UcJxD5oZDT8dw8wbOIDSLCLo7Ofu03h6a0oENdAY26ciD1oW7IH0cfEm3XQtP0NA HDcBiqVmeK85ep8XKDRxfkk8lqMJrfN9I2g3UB4vUnZoox7M3Eh0KEw3vcSqXJYu OZ4k6TinNxo9CfRAEj+YTkREK2do4t5VPvvon4VKE21h6Bp6Oso= =YI37 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/gMTT5+s.GpxmmOuTfqBCweD--