(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)

checked correctly)

default Python version and a List of supported Python versions

Text, add quick guide for maintainers to dh_python2 manpage

  - --exclude now works with private dirs
  - use /usr/bin/pythonX.Y rather than pythonX.Y (to avoid /usr/local
    interpreters)
  

dh_python2: replace a file with a symlink also if there's a matching one in pyshared directory already

dh_python2: fix parsing .pyinstall files (a space between file name and module name is now required)

added in 1.0.12)

  - test3 added (to test architecture dependent packages)

dh_python2