Ubuntu python version

[Vincenzo Di Massa]

Alle 10:40, giovedì 03 febbraio 2005, Matthias Klose ha scritto:
> Depending on python2.3 is perfectly ok. But many people prefer to type
> python instead of python2.3.

Ok. But if you if you depend on python instead of python2.3 and you use (<= 
2.3) then you make an error: you make python non upgradable untill the pakage 
requiring python (<= 2.3) is unistalled. 
As long as you can install python2.4 alongside python2.3 it is harmful to use 
<= dependency on the dependency package python.

If a package manager wants its package to depend on python dependency package  
he should not use <=. If he has more strict requirements on python version, 
he should be more specific and not just depend on python (<=2.3)

So one should never use 
Depends: python (<= 2.3)
But, when we need an old or specific python version we must use
Depends: python2.3 
On the other hand (>=) makes sense only with dependency packages like in:
Depends: python (>= 2.4)

Do you agree?