Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!news.servidellagleba.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Stefano Rivera Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Policy Proposal python3-supported-(min|max) virtual packages Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:20:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Scott Kitterman X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Sat Jan 14 19:12:50 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-106.861 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, USER_IN_DKIM_WELCOMELIST=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -4.6 Mail-Followup-To: Scott Kitterman , debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Gpg-Public-Key: http://www.rivera.za.net/stefano.gpg MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20201127 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/20697 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20230114191233.w5o3eu3ecdiyails@satie.tumbleweed.org.za Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 23 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:12:33 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <20230114191233.w5o3eu3ecdiyails@satie.tumbleweed.org.za> X-Original-References: <20230114170817.bcyfhgpvrupjdvjd@satie.tumbleweed.org.za> <70685CFF-B8F9-420D-B0BF-87644B7C3232@kitterman.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:14818 Hi Scott (2023.01.14_17:22:42_+0000) > Take the example in #1027947. If this proposal had been in place > already, what would he have been the generated dependency and how > would it have worked? dh_python3 would have been able to generate python3-tomli | python3-min-version (>= 3.11) instead of python3-tomli | python3 (>> 3.11) Then, once python3.10 was dropped from supported, python3 would Provides: python3-min-version (= 3.11), python3-max-version (= 3.11) The >= vs >> isn't particularly relevant here. At the moment python3 (>> 3.11) effectively means >= 3.11, because it's always 3.11.something-something. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272