[csw-maintainers] Python 2.7

Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński maciej at opencsw.org
Tue Jul 30 09:50:32 CEST 2013


2013/7/30 Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org>
>
> > Making sure that if a package is named CSWpy-*, it must provide files
> > reachable by Python 2.6:
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/changeset/21575
>
> What if the packaged project supports only 2.7?

Unlikely, but a theoretical possibility.

> An override exist for
> this?

Sure thing, you can have an override for anything. All error tags are
the same, and they can all be overriden just the same.

> What if the maintainer is not willing to provide a 2.6 version of his
> package? Especially in the case where it's a new package, never released
> before for 2.6.
>
> This will hinder the transition to 2.7.

If you know what you're doing, you just add an override. The idea
behind the check is to prevent maintainers from unintentionally
missing the 2.6 files for a module.


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