From 84ec53f5dd97f6c7ad16bab13062ddcdc44108bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:07:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify discussion of requirement to use python:Provides
(Closes: #669346)
---
debian/changelog | 1 +
debian/python-policy.sgml | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0eb7553..4a0f056 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ python-defaults (2.7.7-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
lsb-release from build-depends (Closes: #751706)
- Thanks to Peter Pentchev for the patch
* Drop unused build-depends on libhtml-tree-perl
+ * Clarify discussion of requirement to use python:Provides (Closes: #669346)
-- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> Mon, 02 Jun 2014 19:54:25 +0200
diff --git a/debian/python-policy.sgml b/debian/python-policy.sgml
index 6f2a98b..fd41c56 100644
--- a/debian/python-policy.sgml
+++ b/debian/python-policy.sgml
@@ -614,9 +614,10 @@ XS-Python-Version: all
Provides in binary packages of the form
<package>python-<var>X</var>.<var>Y</var><var>>foo</var></package>
must be specified if the package contains an extension for more
- than one python version and other package with version specific
+ than one python version and an other package with version specific
dependencies on the package require it. Provides are only for
- extensions, not modules.
+ extensions, not modules. Provides should only be rarely used for
+ Python packages and never for Python 3.
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