Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 11, 2004 01:12 AM
The "python" package is a meta-package. I.e., it depends on "python-2.3". So, no, you won't be using 2x as much disk space by having both "python" and "python-2.3" installed.
The good thing about having a meta-package is that when python 2.4 (and *all* of the pythonic apps and add-on modules) is packaged, then the Maintainer will change the "python" Dependency from python-2.3 to python-2.4 and all of the python-2.4-related packages will get automatially installed, the next time you do: # apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
kmself is correct: Policy is what makes Debian great. Maybe he didn't want to write a tome, but he left out an important part of the policy: every package must go thru an automated build process on *11* different architectures, ranging from m68k thru ARM, MIPS, Alpha, HP PA-RISC, SPARC, IA-64, i386, POWER & even S/390. A surprising number of bugs are found that way, that don't get noticed by distros that only target the i386.
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Re:thanks for the good info!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 11, 2004 01:12 AMThe good thing about having a meta-package is that when python 2.4 (and *all* of the pythonic apps and add-on modules) is packaged, then the Maintainer will change the "python" Dependency from python-2.3 to python-2.4 and all of the python-2.4-related packages will get automatially installed, the next time you do:
# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
kmself is correct: Policy is what makes Debian great. Maybe he didn't want to write a tome, but he left out an important part of the policy: every package must go thru an automated build process on *11* different architectures, ranging from m68k thru ARM, MIPS, Alpha, HP PA-RISC, SPARC, IA-64, i386, POWER & even S/390. A surprising number of bugs are found that way, that don't get noticed by distros that only target the i386.
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