Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Don Armstrong Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Python Programs policy =?utf-8?B?KMKnNC4y?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= requires dependency on python2 which doesn't exist Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:00:02 +0100 Message-ID: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Oct 31 16:54:01 2017 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.209 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -6.1 Mail-Followup-To: Don Armstrong MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/15350 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20171031165243.752ctk2keyxi5tqw@qor.donarmstrong.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 17 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:52:43 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <20171031165243.752ctk2keyxi5tqw@qor.donarmstrong.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:9967 The Debian python policy ยง4.2 has a MUST directive for a dependency on python2, which does not exist at all. I'm guessing that this was at some point in time a virtual package or similar provided by the default python2 interpreter? Not sure. Anyway, would be good if that was fixed. [I ran into this while packaging autorandr and trying my best to follow policy.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com -tommorow is our permanent address and there they'll scarcely find us(if they do, we'll move away still further:into now -- e.e. cummings "XXXIX" _1 x 1_