[Debian-med-packaging] packages with explicit dependency on python2.5?

[Matthias Klose]

On 02.02.2010 02:50, Steffen Möller wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Matthias Klose wrote:
>> The following packages explicit build-depend on python2.5. why? can the
>> unversioned build-dependency python-dev be used instead?
>
> upstream has stopped support for 2.4 with some issue somewhere that I
> had forgotten about and 2.6 did not work yet either. Things might well
> build, but when issues arise at some point at runtime, people would
> start blaming us.
>
> Somewhen in the past there was some bug report strongly suggesting the
> explicit notion of 2.5. Wen can look at it again for the next upstream
> release. Is there any particular motivation (biological ones preferred)
> for you to ask?

yes, investigating the removal of python2.5 form unstable after the transition 
to 2.6. these packages are some of the few ones explicitely needing 2.5.

   Matthias