[repo-coord] python24

[Jeff Pitman]

Axel:

So, I really want to use alternatives for setting up the symlinks.
Therefore, it requires that I provide the packages for python24, but
now that you're providing this at a higher release, how do you propose
that PyVault and ATrpms can work together? How do I pin the priority
for local directories in Apt? Or, how can I be authoritative on
python24?

thanks,

[Axel Thimm]

Hi,

Post by Jeff Pitman
So, I really want to use alternatives for setting up the symlinks.
Therefore, it requires that I provide the packages for python24, but
now that you're providing this at a higher release, how do you propose
that PyVault and ATrpms can work together?

Could you pick a higher release tag than "2"?

Post by Jeff Pitman
How do I pin the priority for local directories in Apt? Or, how can
I be authoritative on python24?

Better not have apt-specific solutions. If you package up python24,
I'll just copy over the resulting binary. :)

Would it be possible to have the alternatives in another package layer
(plain "python")? I'd really like to have something like python24 as
invasiveless as possible, just a pure runtime package (e.g. no
%{_bindir}/python), that is pulled in by whatever package requires it.

[Jeff Pitman]

Post by Axel Thimm

Post by Jeff Pitman
So, I really want to use alternatives for setting up the symlinks.
? Therefore, it requires that I provide the packages for python24,
but now that you're providing this at a higher release, how do you
propose that PyVault and ATrpms can work together?

Could you pick a higher release tag than "2"?

Guess I could do that.

Post by Axel Thimm

Post by Jeff Pitman
How do I pin the priority for local directories in Apt? Or, how can
I be authoritative on python24?

Would it be possible to have the alternatives in another package
layer (plain "python")?

Nope. See our discussion before and the bug on redhat bugzilla.

Post by Axel Thimm
I'd really like to have something like
python24 as invasiveless as possible, just a pure runtime package
(e.g. no %{_bindir}/python), that is pulled in by whatever package
requires it.

It's possible that it could be put in a sub-package, like pythonXY-bin
or something. Then, pythonXY could be considered a base package with
just the libs (/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/*). I'll have to mull over this..