[Build-common-hackers] Bug#604718: Bug#604718: please add support for dh_python2

[Piotr Ożarowski]

[Jonas Smedegaard, 2010-11-24]
> Where is the official documentation for that packaging helper?

`man dh_python2` has some, but it's mostly... in my head (looking for
someone who will document all the small features like pkg.pyinstall¹ or
PyDist² in the manpage)

[¹] http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2010/11/msg00063.html
[²] http://deb.li/pydist

> I
> noticed quite a few packages switching to it recently, and wonder if
> it is somehow intended to be a successor of the divided past of
> pysupport and pycentral, or yet another equal competitor.

I want³ all python-central and python-support packages to be converted to
dh_python2 in Wheezy, dunno if others will agree to do that. At least
for Python 3 we have one helper only and I updated pycentral/pysupport
to ignore python3-foo binary packages.

[³] http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2010/10/msg00017.html

> As with the pycompat patch, you are quite welcome to apply your
> improvements directly to our Git in collab-maint area of Alioth.
> Just please commit code changes first and changelog update separately
> afterwards.

done (without touching debian/changelog)
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