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python3-dev dh-python dependency

Started by	Thibaut Paumard <thibaut@debian.org>
First post	2019-11-18 12:20 +0100
Last post	2019-11-18 13:00 +0100
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  python3-dev dh-python dependency Thibaut Paumard <thibaut@debian.org> - 2019-11-18 12:20 +0100
    Re: python3-dev dh-python dependency Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-11-18 13:00 +0100

#12023 — python3-dev dh-python dependency

From	Thibaut Paumard <thibaut@debian.org>
Date	2019-11-18 12:20 +0100
Subject	python3-dev dh-python dependency
Message-ID	<z3Nex-3WG-5@gated-at.bofh.it>

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Hi,

I've noted that python3-dev's last upload last week dropped the
dependency on dh-python. I find this change surprising in the context of
the current Python 3.8 transition.

This makes "my" package yp-svipc FTBFS. 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.

So, should I fix yp-svipc now or wait for the end of the Python 3.8
transition?

Should this change in python3-dev be reverted until the end of the
transition?

Kind regards, Thibaut.

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From	Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
Date	2019-11-18 13:00 +0100
Message-ID	<z3NRg-4af-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#12023


On November 18, 2019 11:14:03 AM UTC, Thibaut Paumard <thibaut@debian.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've noted that python3-dev's last upload last week dropped the
>dependency on dh-python. I find this change surprising in the context
>of
>the current Python 3.8 transition.
>
>This makes "my" package yp-svipc FTBFS. 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.
>
>So, should I fix yp-svipc now or wait for the end of the Python 3.8
>transition?
>
>Should this change in python3-dev be reverted until the end of the
>transition?
>
>Kind regards, Thibaut.

My recommendation would be to fix it.  As I recall, the depends was never meant to be permanent.  Any package that uses dh_python3 should build-depend on dh-python.

Scott K

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