Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder7.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Scott Kitterman Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: python3-dev dh-python dependency Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:00:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Nov 18 11:49:53 2019 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kitterman.com; i=@kitterman.com; q=dns/txt; s=201903e; t=1574077754; h=date : in-reply-to : references : mime-version : content-type : content-transfer-encoding : subject : to : from : message-id : from; bh=0a9d8/svbGqZ3RLFTF+bGG144rTC3xd2EbcQiGv/Z1w=; b=PgDuxJdp0E2c/Lng1lIYwzH6LUVGkyxyrP/kWQwNbDGIo+2NOYyMvf/o i0lBJxjVwS54Fw8W1lpzCR6Ox/glBQ== Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kitterman.com; i=@kitterman.com; q=dns/txt; s=201903r; t=1574077754; h=date : in-reply-to : references : mime-version : content-type : content-transfer-encoding : subject : to : from : message-id : from; bh=0a9d8/svbGqZ3RLFTF+bGG144rTC3xd2EbcQiGv/Z1w=; b=UEE647WUamb/JJNYVvBOkSScPwBqtcYYXuxPh/7AeyZgBtOazWH+z/qX IFCgXc/QiaH3F63QFZRzzEc3bR6xlwqQWWe8MWiIn7mrQb5b97XaEHMYk5 gcPIZOLEBi4i+FTL+JJKtPtq++pgHhtjkG4QFtbtOb4W7p7gy/kEhd1/Vp m5GnA+RfTvAHDU7QSjVP+9JFXxE+XGMHLoJc8DoeMjaIhmjbnS3bxXfAtV w38UKmnAgC0ipDAQ40HL1US7f+V11PQC9BbQHwuvmSgJ6A+IyCmLumCXPh qXSDVFUF0utWxAo9ffPZ47mrgNzT+Dhnn9A9XWZVhhcvDphXVex4YQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/17618 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/30A31691-DB46-4DB7-8772-4FB4CC007951@kitterman.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 29 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:49:12 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <30A31691-DB46-4DB7-8772-4FB4CC007951@kitterman.com> X-Original-References: <8dce44ac-bbaa-4f4e-2944-5a2187f0749d@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:12024 On November 18, 2019 11:14:03 AM UTC, Thibaut Paumard wrote: >Hi, > >I've noted that python3-dev's last upload last week dropped the >dependency on dh-python=2E I find this change surprising in the context >of >the current Python 3=2E8 transition=2E > >This makes "my" package yp-svipc FTBFS=2E I'm guessing many packages may >be in the same case, there are 161 packages in buster main that >build-depend (transitively) on python3-dev but do not depend (directly) >on dh-python=2E > >So, should I fix yp-svipc now or wait for the end of the Python 3=2E8 >transition? > >Should this change in python3-dev be reverted until the end of the >transition? > >Kind regards, Thibaut=2E My recommendation would be to fix it=2E As I recall, the depends was neve= r meant to be permanent=2E Any package that uses dh_python3 should build-d= epend on dh-python=2E Scott K