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Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and X-Python3-Version in Lintian

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From	Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and X-Python3-Version in Lintian
Date	Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:20:02 +0100
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:47:44 -0500
Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
> I'm following up on bug #1001677 [1] on the DPT's list to try to reach
> consensus, as I think the Lintian tags that were created to fix this
> bug are not recommending the proper thing.
> 
> As a TL;DR for those of you who don't want to read the whole BTS
> thread, jdg saw that a bunch of packages were using `py3versions -r`
> in autopkgtests, and this fails when there's no X-Python3-Version
> variable in d/control.
> 
> The fix that Lintian now proposes for packages that use `py3versions
> -r` in autopkgtests is to set X-Python3-Version.
> 
> I think the proper fix would be to ask people to move away from
> `py3versions -r` if there is no X-Python3-Version, and use`py3versions
> -s` instead.

Just as a general point, can I ask that - especially in a TL;DR - that
long option names are used or the context of each option is included as
the difference between -r and -s is not obvious from this email & not
everyone on the list uses py3versions routinely.

-- 
Neil Williams
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https://linux.codehelp.co.uk/

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Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and  X-Python3-Version in Lintian Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2022-01-17 18:50 +0100
  Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and  X-Python3-Version in Lintian Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2022-01-17 21:00 +0100
  Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and  X-Python3-Version in Lintian Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> - 2022-01-18 09:20 +0100
    Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and X-Python3-Version in Lintian Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-01-18 14:10 +0100
  Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and  X-Python3-Version in Lintian Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2022-01-18 15:40 +0100
    Re: Reaching team consensus on usage of py3versions -r and  X-Python3-Version in Lintian Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> - 2022-01-19 20:30 +0100

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