[Python-apps-team] Bug#637688: mercurial: 'removing byte-compiled files...' removes everything

[Jakub Wilk]

* Simon L'nu <simon.lnu at gmail.com>, 2011-08-13, 13:50:
>Setting up mercurial (1.9.1-2) ...
>Removing old python byte-compiled files in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/mercurial
>Removing old python byte-compiled files in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/hgext
>
>not only are the byte-compiled files removed, but the entire directories are
>removed. i'm using stock mercurial, no homebrew anything or plugins (if it
>does plugins).

While I don't believe this was caused by a packaging bug, the snippet to 
remove old cruft from site-packages has been there since before squeeze, 
so it should be safe to drop it now.

-- 
Jakub Wilk