packages)

  - generates rtupdate scripts for private directories that compile files
    from given package only, add --compile-all to dh_python2's call if you
    want the old behaviour (i.e. compile also files (plugins?) provided by
    other packages, which do not use a helper/bytecompile them)
* pyclean now accepts --package and private dir argument at the same time

  * Drop python2 symlink pending further discussion
  * Update recent Python policy changes based on feedback from Debian Python

* no longer moves .so.foo files to pyshared dir (closes: 635316)
* replaces .so symlinks with .so.foo files in dist-packages

    - Add deprecation information about python-central and python-support
    - Clarify Python module and package descriptions

creation, use "--namespace bar.foo" instead

(it is replaced with python-pkg-resources Debian dependency)

python:Breaks, closes: 631397)

shebangs, byte-compile the dir with default Python version (or the one
requested via X-Python-Version) instead od failing. Add dependency for
each (supported) interpreter detected in shebangs

(closes: 630502, thanks to Gediminas Paulauskas for the original patch)

Egg-info's namespace_packages.txt (AKA namespace feature)

Debian dependencies

pkgremove script, use --clean-pycentral if you want the old behaviour

    - Update version references in patching file debian/control, control.in,
      debian_defaults, python.postinst.in, python.preinst.in, pyversions.py,
      and rules

    debian/copyright

  [ Scott Kitterman ]
  * Drop python2.5 as a supported Python version
    - Update debian/debian_defaults
    - Update debpython/version.py
    - Update debian/control.in

dh_python2 parses Egg's namespace_packages.txt files (in addition to
--namespace command line argument(s)) and drops empty __init__.py files
from binary package. pycompile will regenerates them at install time and
pyclean will remove them at uninstall time (if they're no longer used in
installed packages

  * Add python2.7 as a supported Python version.
  * python-all{,-dev,-dbg}: Depend on the 2.7 packages.
  * Run the rtinstall script, when 2.7 became a supported version (2.6.6-13)
    and python2.7 is installed.
  * Python-minimal Breaks python-support (<< 1.0.12)

 -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:53:42 -040

    - Drop python2.7 from supported versions, not ready for Python transition
      yet

  * Start Python Policy updates for Wheezy
    - Document current practice to not provide /usr/bin/python2
    - Strengthen warning aginst using /usr/bin/env python     
    - Update paths section for python2.7 and python3
    - Deprecate XB-Python-Version
    - Clarify use of {python:Provides}
    - Clarify that build-dependencies on -dev packages should not be used
      except when required

  - use Depends: python (<< 2.X), python (>= 2.Y) rather than Breaks
    in packages with public modules (after a discussion on debian-devel
    mailing list)

- make egg-info files/dirs searches case insensitive (closes: #614910)