[repo-coord] Re: python24

[Jeff Pitman]

On Thursday 23 December 2004 22:17, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 09:03:26AM +0800, Jeff Pitman wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Could you pick a higher release tag than "2"?

Guess I could do that.  

> > 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.

> 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..

-- 
-jeff