[Lunar-bugs] [bug] gimp, pygtk2, nautilus ' configure DEPEND on a correct Python version

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>  Project:      lunar-linux
>  ID:           
>  Version:      <none>
>  Component:    moonbase (modules)
>  Category:     bug reports
> -Priority:     critical
> +Priority:     minor
> -Assigned to:  <unassigned>
> +Assigned to:  sofar
>  Reported by:  couannette
>  Updated by:   sofar
> -Status:       active
> +Status:       won't fix
> 
> sorry Couanette, but this is something that will not be implemented for
> several reasons:
> 
> 1) too much work to maintain

I agree

> 2) partial solution already exists: please `lunar set PROBE_EXPIRED on`
> which will update outdated dependencies if needed

I'll try

> 3) lunar was never meant to be this smart. You as a sysadmin are
> supposed to keep your modules current yourself.

Hard to do...on production machine I update rarely often that at a 3 month rate

> 4) easy user-intuitive workaround: upgrade python, restart `lunar
> update`

Yes, until I can see that I have to watch closely my build failures but after
that it's straitforward.

Thank you for you response :)
cu
Couannette


> sofar
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> sofar
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> Previous comments:
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> Thu, 06/30/2005 - 13:31 : couannette
> 
> During Lunar update,
> Python was not up to date....
> and configure for all those packages : gimp, pygtk2 and nautilus,... (I
> certainly not found all packages that fall in this set) need a more
> recent version of Python > 2.3 certainly
> 
> You should handle with more care this sort of {under the surface}
> dependencies ....
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Couannette
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