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Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures

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From	Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures
Date	Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:10:01 +0100
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On 1/20/21 8:39 PM, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I’ve come across a situation which doesn’t seem to be addressed 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’s a
> false promise since they don’t work everywhere. Would it make sense to
> convert it to an architecture-dependent package, only on those architectures
> which are really supported?

There's no python packaging specific approach.  So yes, either make it
architecture dependent, or maybe add code to the entry points (__init__.py) to
raise an ImportError on unsupported architectures?

Matthias

Thread

Generic Python packages which don’t work on all  architectures Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 20:50 +0100
  Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2021-01-20 21:10 +0100
  Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 02:50 +0100
    Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 08:10 +0100
    Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 14:20 +0100
      Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 14:30 +0100
        Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 16:50 +0100
          Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-22 00:40 +0100
            Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-01-22 00:50 +0100
            Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-22 10:00 +0100
      Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on  all architectures Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-01-21 14:40 +0100
        Re: Generic Python packages which don’t work on all architectures Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2021-01-21 16:20 +0100

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