dh_python2: generates correct "python (<< 2.X)" dependencies for packages with private Python extensions

require.txt items that have a pydist file with (uscan like) rules
or PEP386 flag (Closes: #653740)

DEBPYTHON_SUPPORTED and DEBPYTHON_DEFAULT is used in tests instead

can be used to override list of supported/default Python versions in Debian

  - rewrite shebangs by default (disable via --no-shebang-rewrite),
    examples:
     + "/usr/bin/env python*" → "/usr/bin/python*"
     + "/usr/local/bin/python foo" → "/usr/bin/python foo"
     + "/usr/bin/python2" → "/usr/bin/python"
  - new --shebang option to replace all shebangs in bin dirs
    (example: --shebang /usr/bin/python2.6)

    (Closes: #657665)

with all Python versions

version only (closes: #644573)

(and let debhelper warn about it, it's not our job)

(closes: 636255)

    to stderr (LP: #812960)

  - 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

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

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

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

Debian dependencies

  [ 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